Sneak Peak at Gulftown.

[aigomorla]

So my sponsor replies with a "meh.. Ok"

Hehe..

Here you guys go on an EOL'd A0 stepping Q3QP.

We start off with this here. *I borrowed this picture, this isnt mine*

Stock settings, Turbo mode on.

Now lets have some fun.

How fast is it?

Chessmark Cyclone xTreme II?

Not interested in synthetics.. show you RL apps?
Want Crunching stats on it... 12 working threads:

Average Completion times:

Max Point Optimized for raw points:

I was pulling close to 50k / day on WCG points.

(10 image Max) <---

 

[aigomorla]

Using HWInfo64 shows this:

Another HWinfo:

I would of loved to take the chip higher, however, it ran into some problems and has a hard time booting.
Kindly tho, my sponsor has gotten me a i7 980... and it has arrived today.

I will finish this portion on the 980 possibly later today.

 

[spinejam]

tx for the info / pics. that looks very nice -- maybe i'll skip the i7-920 bandwagon for now!

 

[Arkaign]

HOLY CRAP that's awesome. It's wayyyy beyond anything I need right now, but good lord it's badass. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Maximilian]

That is one huge die.

 

[StrangerGuy]

What exactly is the stuff between the die and the IHS?

 

[Jd007]

What exactly is the stuff between the die and the IHS?

TIM to facilitate better heat transfer (in case the IHS doesn't touch parts of the die).

 

[PottedMeat]

yeah that's a monster die.

the material on the heat spreader doesn't look like thermal interface material - it looks like solder.

 

[faxon]

solder

 

[Hey Zeus]

Aig,

Who do i need to suck off to get sponsored like you?

 

[aigomorla]

Its a TIM Solder.

So its both.

 

[Tsavo]

Wow...a discovery of a life time!

I opened the image in Photoshop to see if I could make out some manufacturing information, and found this.

This is the fabled CPU of Turin!

 

[Gillbot]

Aig,

Who do i need to suck off to get sponsored like you?

Aigo sucks off himself last I heard.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Aigo sucks off himself last I heard.

Kinky. I'd watch and help

 

[faxon]

ed: nm

 

[Makaveli]

Kinky. I'd watch and help

Eww Think I just threw up in my mouth alittle.

 

[EnzoLT]

omg drool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

 

[Dadofamunky]

Tsavo's one-liner and doctored photo might qualify as the funniest of the year! And we're not even finished with January yet! CPU of Turin indeed. ROTFLMAOPMP.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Impressive overclock. What did you use to cool it, and is the chip shot entirely or just unstable above 4.3 ghz?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

12 threads total? Wow.

If it is priced decently, this will last longer and remain more competitive than the Q6600 was for it's time. And we all know, that's saying a lot.

 

[toyota]

why is Intel focusing on six core and dual core cpus with 32nm yet no desktop quads? we dont really need a six core cpu with HT and a dual core isnt enough for many games now. bring on some 32nm desktop quads please.

oh is there any more info on the Xeon 32nm quads and will they be able to work in regular desktop motherboards???

 

[Borealis7]

for any task that would require a quad core, 6 cores will be better.
for games, fast dual cores are still better than quad cores.

this makes sense IMO.

 

[toyota]

for any task that would require a quad core, 6 cores will be better.
for games, fast dual cores are still better than quad cores.

this makes sense IMO.

no that doesnt make sense to me though. for the vast majority of gamers and multi taskers a fast quad would be better from a price/performance stand point than a dual or six core cpu. what I mean is that the quads(i5) are not much more than the 32nm dual cores so there is very little reason to sacrifice any performance just to save 50-75 bucks up front. then the six core cpus will be VERY expensive so again it just doesnt make any sense not to have some desktop 32nm quads.

 

[A554SS1N]

Wow...a discovery of a life time!

I opened the image in Photoshop to see if I could make out some manufacturing information, and found this.

This is the fabled CPU of Turin!

Heh, I see what you did there - nice photoshop

 

[aclim]

wow very nice. Me wants