Intel Delivers 8-Core Platform for PC
Techtree News Staff, Feb 22, 2008 1708 hrs IST
It's about pushing the limits of performance to the max -- for those who can afford it
For those craving more performance than can be delivered by four processing cores and a single graphics card, Intel has introduced the new Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform. Formerly codenamed "Skulltrail," this platform supports two Intel quad-core processors, and offers a choice of multi-card graphics solutions.
First unveiled at the 2007 Intel Developer Forum, Skulltrail combines Intel Desktop Board D5400XS and Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processors, and is mainly targeted at power-hungry gamers, who can use multiple graphics card solutions from either Nvidia or ATI. In addition to PC gamers, the new platform is also targeted at 3D animators, digital audio artists, and high-definition (HD) video editors who create video games for consoles and desktops.
As HD video becomes more prevalent than ever, encoding and editing is a task that more power users are looking to their PC to do for them. Intel believes that this eight-core platform is capable of handling such workloads with ease. Each QX9775 processor offers 12 MB of L2 cache, a 1600 MHz system bus, and four cores each running at a brisk 3.2 GHz.
According to Shervin Kheradpir, director of Intel performance benchmarking, this platform is the fastest desktop PC ever tested in their labs. It reached a score of 6481 on 3DMark06 CPU and 20,160 on Cinebench 10 -- even while running at the standard 3.2 GHz.
To create a Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform, users would need an Intel Desktop Board D5400XS (which can support two quad-core processors), and two Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processors. The QX9775 is available at a maximum street price of $1,499, while the D5400XS board comes for an estimated street price of $649.
USER COMMENTS
Pune Price List Intel? Desktop Board D5400XS Intel Desktop Board D5400XS plz send price
by sagar, pune, on Apr 12, 2008 10:53 AM, Report abuse Reply
Buying one next month. I need it for video editing and 3D modeling. You guys who think it's not worth it, CAN you actually do anything with a computer??
by wizzard, Deneysville, on Apr 08, 2008 11:54 PM, Report abuse Reply
i second this : "Today's softwares can't even fully harness the power of 2 cores completely....and utilising 8 cores at a time needs another 2 yrs of development....so save ur money fr dat time n u can get the same thng fr a very less sum at dat time "
by h1tm4n, Pune, on Feb 26, 2008 03:36 PM, Report abuse Reply
by mahesh, ambala, on Feb 25, 2008 11:35 AM, Report abuse Reply
Genereally gamers play oly games they don't earn much then how can they spend so much for a computer.
by Sujit, siliguri, on Feb 25, 2008 10:52 AM, Report abuse Reply
by Amir, London, on Feb 22, 2008 08:23 PM, Report abuse Reply
Gamers??? You mean dodos on meekrowsot windoze platforms??? HaH! Let meekrowsot atleast scale their OS'es for 2 cores first! Optimizing their OS for 1 core took them more than a decade! Shift to BSD - Cause there's a lot left undone!
by bidhan, Pune, on Feb 25, 2008 09:44 AM, Report abuse
what r u saying. How is possible it.
by Yogesh, Aligarh, on Feb 25, 2008 09:40 AM, Report abuse Reply
by Aruna, bangalore, on Feb 25, 2008 09:06 AM, Report abuse Reply
by thiyagu, chennai, on Feb 25, 2008 09:31 AM, Report abuse
somebody can use above as cheap server! Gamers? naaaa!!! Better get a good graphics card!!
by yogee, Bangalore, on Feb 24, 2008 10:30 PM, Report abuse Reply
Today's softwares can't even fully harness the power of 2 cores completely....and utilising 8 cores at a time needs another 2 yrs of development....so save ur money fr dat time n u can get the same thng fr a very less sum at dat time
by Chinmaya, Bhubaneswar, on Feb 23, 2008 09:12 PM, Report abuse Reply
there are many things going in the world which we can't shame lit. so be there you don't know what is going to happen next.
by ray, bombai, on Feb 24, 2008 09:59 PM, Report abuse
do we really need one???guys donate ur money 2 charity...dont waste ur money
by satya, ahmedabad, on Feb 22, 2008 10:54 PM, Report abuse Reply
u r right buddy i agree with u they do 8 core then 10000000000000 core who cares and who need this
by santy, mumbai, on Feb 23, 2008 02:41 PM, Report abuse
oh gives a shit about some piece of shit African kid bring one the cores!!!!!!
by Osama, Afgan, on Feb 23, 2008 07:14 PM, Report abuse
Currently which softwares supports this configuration? system with this configuration will be a dream for many of us, just cant wait to have one.
by Ablenwill, Pune, on Feb 22, 2008 08:48 PM, Report abuse Reply
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Yeppie this processor was invented in Bangalore finally some invention in India
by Anonymous, Pune, on Sep 21, 2008 05:51 PM, Report abuse Reply