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About LinkBacksRead more.$999 chip bumps the multiplier up by one to deliver hexa-core goodness at 3.46GHz.
Read more.$999 chip bumps the multiplier up by one to deliver hexa-core goodness at 3.46GHz.
That would give me a massive a epeen!
... and a massive debt...
I believe that it's the same stepping as the 980X and the 970 (B1) which will mean that it is EXACTLY the same as the 980X just with a bump on the multi, so therefore save yourself a small fortune and buy the 970!
Disappointing Intel.... I know the road maps basically said that this was coming, but it would have been good if you got a bit more for your $1000 processor.... AMD are slowly catching, and this is not really an improvement, more an attempt to extend the life of a product line that you are no longer "developing"...
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Yes all true... but Joe Normal doesn't know that, and it doesn't help if you own an OEM machine with zero support for overclocking or multiplier adjustment. They sell very few of these CPUs anyway, it's more a headline grabber - look how fast our fastest is etc etc.Originally Posted by Tattysnuc
Err, isn't the the 980 multiplier-unlocked anyway? And seriously how many 'normal users' own one of these CPUs, and how many people run one on a crappy OEM board (are there even any that support these CPUs?)? Even a cheaper board would let you up the multiplier a notch to turn it into a 990. In fact I can't think of any retail 1366 boards that don't support overclocking.
Agreed. I don't really understand the concept of higher multipliers on multiplier unlocked chips.
It's not like the multi is so much higher you wouldn't be likely to reach it on a 980. You could almost guarantee a 980 could be 'turned into' a 990 with 10 seconds in the BIOS.
It may or may not be higher binned. i.e. it may overclock better.
Still, the difference between this and a 970x is pure pointless epeen anyway. It's a single digit percentage faster.
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Extreme chips have the higher speed QPI - which helps a bit I guess.
Any person that uses a high end mac will probably have this chip or similar, and I doubt many of them overclock it. I think it is more of a publicity stunt anyway.
Yeah but Mac users don't mind being badly ripped off anyway.
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