OMG Check out Intel's V8

I can not freaken believe those numbers. :shock:

http://www.bootdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=460&Item%20%20id=56%3E%20&task=view&id=460&Itemid=56

Those are some sad numbers...
Terrible, terrible scaling performance-wise.

An E6600 @ 3.6ghz easily reaches 3k. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1708300
A C2Q @ 3.33ghz reaches 5.1k. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1603480
Two quads at 3ghz should be close to 9k, but yet it is only at 6.5k. 

it's called a memory bottleneck, and quite frankly, while the 5000x had no problem feeding four cores, it doesn't have enough to keep 8 cores happy.codezer0

Each actual die, 4 die in total, is only getting 333.3mhz of the FSB, correct?
No wonder Intel is putting an IMC on the server Nehalems.

Actually the FSB IIRC is shared between the two cores... and I thought it was still 1066mhz still?

In that case, it'd be 1066/8 = only 133mhz FSB. 

wow, but that is far from now to be released, and maybe the quad is enough.r3351925

use for us gamers i mean who's gonna game on mac???r3351925

Not to mention, the kind of person buying an 8-way system like this is likely going to be doing some hardcore multithreaded apps, like rendering HD video.