Pointless CPU is pointless :).

^ agreed ^_^

Why does the chip say '09 and ES on it? Just a stock image?

meh

Originally Posted by docodine
Why does the chip say '09 and ES on it? Just a stock image?

ES just means Intel still owns it and it's from a non-retail batch - standard Intel fair for media. '09 because it's a 32nm Westmere chip and the tech inside was patented/registered last year. AMD's probably still says '03...

Lol, I read the Cinebench graph and stopped at everything else. What a waste of time. A £700+ CPU beaten by an overclocked 2600K. :D

Just makes the 2500K/2600K look like even better value for money. In the consumer market, mind you. For professionals who need as many threads as possible 980X/990X will still be the 1st choice.

Yet another pointless review on something 99% of readers won't buy.

Sam

Originally Posted by samkiller42
Yet another pointless review on something 99% of readers won't buy.

Sam

So? I imagine most reader are still interested in its performance. By your logic, BT shouldn't review anything costing over, say, £200.

Originally Posted by Pete J
So? I imagine most reader are still interested in its performance. By your logic, BT shouldn't review anything costing over, say, £200.

+1

I still want to know about these products, even if I would never get one. My real beef is with this chips mere existence!

when will x68 chipset and next gen cpu's be released?!

AFAIK it's H2/2011, that means anywhere between june and december :).

hmm, I could have sworn I saw a leaked roadmap yesterday that said Q4??

That is technically still H2 :). And sorry for not being up to date to yesteday leaks.

I just thought of something.. Just how fast could I write a 990X review. Start the timer:

"It's the single fastest CPU at the moment and costs way too much to make any sense."

There, 10 seconds, off to get some more coffee. Though I must admit it makes the sandybridges look really good.

Originally Posted by Jipa
I just thought of something.. Just how fast could I write a 990X review. Start the timer:

"It's the single fastest CPU at the moment and costs way too much to make any sense."

There, 10 seconds, off to get some more coffee. Though I must admit it makes the sandybridges look really good.

And an Intel rep will then ask you what evidence you have for your opinion, and when you say 'none' will demand you pull your content and then possibly sue you. :b

Originally Posted by samkiller42
Yet another pointless review on something 99% of readers won't buy.

Sam

That's like telling Top Gear not to review anything over £25k.

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

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Originally Posted by docodine
Why does the chip say '09 and ES on it? Just a stock image?

ES just means Intel still owns it and it's from a non-retail batch - standard Intel fair for media...

Engineering Sample it is! Don't return this chip, CPU collectors will pay twice it's current price for it, just 10 years later :D

Kúsař, what part of "It is still Intel property" is hard to understand.

X68/78 (Patsburg) will be released around Q4 2011 - Q1 2012. Previous CPU releases from Intel usually started in November.

990X is pretty much useless now because of:
- for home there is LGA1155 for those who don't want to wait or are not interested in LGA2011
- price is atrocious even for serious business & industry
- Patsburg will come as standard [probably] with minimum 6 cores (12 HT) and 8/16 for top of the line models - depends on a source

It is better to start saving $$$ now for all-brand-new-spanking-system around December/January than investing in i7 X-series. In truth that 990X BT acquired looks like it is some relatively poor one. On many sites 990X running stable at 5GHz on air.

Bargain! Could build an entire gaming PC for the same price as this CPU ^^

Originally Posted by Jipa
I just thought of something.. Just how fast could I write a 990X review. Start the timer:

"It's the single fastest CPU at the moment and costs way too much to make any sense."

There, 10 seconds, off to get some more coffee. Though I must admit it makes the sandybridges look really good.

Best. Review. Ever

Originally Posted by Pete J
So? I imagine most reader are still interested in its performance. By your logic, BT shouldn't review anything costing over, say, £200.

+2

I wouldn't buy this CPU, but I'm happy that BT review this and similar items.

Originally Posted by faugusztin
Kúsař, what part of "It is still Intel property" is hard to understand.

Just kidding - write ES on some random CPU and pretend its real and send it back, maybe they won't notice anything...well, forget it.

People who work in video editing and thread intensive programs would probably buy this chip.

I think it's interesting to see how the top chip performs to our 'regular' versions.

Of course we could wait for AMD bulldozer and the 2011 i7 'rumoured' replacement and then whine about that too ;) I mean critically evaluate.