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8-Core Dual Xeon "V8" Test Rig Performance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bet-it's-faster-than-your-box dept.

MojoKid writes "Back in January at this year's CES show, Intel was giving the press glimpses of a rig in their booth dubbed the V8. It was essentially a dual-socket workstation platform outfitted with a pair of quad-core Xeon processors for a total of eight cores — hence the "V8". The enterprise platform that this box was built around is based on Intel's 5000X chipset, aka Blackford, and it supports up to 32GB of FBDIMM serial memory. HotHardware has a component build-up of a more current Intel V8 machine here, with preliminary benchmarks, pictures and more details on this 8-core dual Xeon powerhouse."

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  1. Obligatory by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a beowolf clu-

    oh, sod it.

    --
    Living With a Nerd
  2. So it's a Mac Pro? by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds a lot like a high-end Mac Pro (shipping for months) with a nicer graphics card. Dell Precision 690s are a bit pricier, but they do the same thing (admittedly, I envy the SAS built-in). I assume HP has a similar model, but I didn't check.

    How is this news? Intel attached a marketing name to a product that has existed for months and is the logical extension of having dual-socket boards and quad-core chips. I mean, it's basically (2*2)*2 - dual-core processors (2) on MCM (*2) in a two-socket (*2) board. There's exactly no advancement going on here.

  3. horray by jswigart · · Score: 5, Funny

    One step closer to running Vista! Baby steps.