Intel announces 5th generation Core processor family

[shaithis]

Its business.

Annoying for many of us who use discrete cards but what can you do other than sucking it up or spending even more on the S2011.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

First Broadwell benchmarks:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/int...rks,28342.html

Not a massive increase in the graphics score despite the new process node,improved uarch and more shaders.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Hi ladies and gentlemen,

I am expecting a Xeon 5670 6 core CPU to arrive that i got for a whopping £80 only!

This is to give a little bit more life on my i7 920 rig which is now 6 years OLD!!

[LSG501]

So either really expensive extreme processors, or server grade CPUs with more cores than your average Jo needs

xeon are available in 'consumer pc' socket 2011, 1150 and 1155 iirc, but they are a little more expensive. Think of it a bit like opterons during the amd x2 period, better chips but fundamentally the same at the core level lol.

[abaxas]

Where is my 32core 1.6 ghz chip to use in my vmware lab?

[shaithis]

Where is my 32core 1.6 ghz chip to use in my vmware lab?

At £2k for the 14 core chip, I think I'll wait a while
I'm more interested in boards with extra RAM slots

[DanceswithUnix]

Where is my 32core 1.6 ghz chip to use in my vmware lab?

I hope you like ARM chips if you want something like that. Intel just seem to make parts for ultrathin laptops these days.

[shaithis]

I hope you like ARM chips if you want something like that. Intel just seem to make parts for ultrathin laptops these days.

They recently released 15 and 18 core Xeon chips.....they aren't too far off!

[DanceswithUnix]

They recently released 15 and 18 core Xeon chips.....they aren't too far off!

Cavium are on 48 core, AppliedMicro are doing 64 core parts.

From seeing the temperature spikes on my 6 core Xeon at work, I can't imagine stressing an 18 core part without it throttling like heck.

I shall look forward to one of those big Xeons turning up at work, but I haven't see one yet.

Edit to add: Oh, and AMD have been stuck on 16 cores per socket for ages. But they seem quite forgettable.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Mate the xeons are available even on the 1366 socket which i have.

Xeons rule and if you have a 1366 or next gen socket after that, get a xeon for less then a 100 and your laughing

[aidanjt]

Quicksync annoys me because I can't use it with Handbrake since I have a discreet vid card installed. Wish they had - disable onboard graphics EXCEPT Quicksync option -.

You don't need to remove your GPU to make use of the iGPU for quicksync, just enable the iGPU in your motherboard's firmware settings and install the Intel drivers.