Saturday, February 2, 2008

Intel Skulltrail






I've heard of this, but not sure exactly when it's going to be out, or exact details. Anybody got more info on it? What I've heard so far:
Intel dual-processor Xeon (Quad-core, 45nm, 8 total cores). Built on a server chipset/board.
FB-dimms. SLI support (2-way only, or quad with 2gpu boards (like the old 7950Gx2s)), but 4qty PCI-E 16x slots, and supposedly, Crossfire support as well. So far, the only thing I've heard for the CPUs is the new QX9770 or something like that, it's an Extreme series part and on socket 771 (Xeon socket), 1600FSB. I wonder if it will use lower clocked regular Xeons.
Anybody got info on it?
I've heard of this, but not sure exactly when it's going to be out, or exact details. Anybody got more info on it?



What I've heard so far:

Intel dual-processor Xeon (Quad-core, 45nm, 8 total cores).



Built on a server chipset/board.

FB-dimms.



SLI support (2-way only, or quad with 2gpu boards (like the old 7950Gx2s)), but 4qty PCI-E 16x slots, and supposedly, Crossfire support as well.



So far, the only thing I've heard for the CPUs is the new QX9770 or something like that, it's an Extreme series part and on socket 771 (Xeon socket), 1600FSB. I wonder if it will use lower clocked regular Xeons.

Anybody got info on it?


Source: http://www.tacticalgamer.com/hardware-software-discussion/107889-intel-skulltrail.html


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