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Oh. So now they're making the i9! So it did take AMD and Ryzen to make Intel push it's game from it's 5-6 year long hiatus with the i7 eh? Competition is clea

Oh. So now they're making the i9! So it did take AMD and Ryzen to make Intel push it's game from it's 5-6 year long hiatus with the i7 eh? Competition is clearly good :)

0xFFC 9y ago
Imagine what is going happen the moment ARM will attack desktop market share. That's what i am waiting for
- loeg 9y ago
  ARM isn't close to competitive, unfortunately.
willvarfar 9y ago
The i9 is just a new brand name for the top-tier i7. AMD have been compared favorably to nearly-top-tier i7s. Suddenly, by rebranding the top-tier to i9, Intel put a lot of gap between the i7 and Ryzen in the mind of the punter.
positivecomment 9y ago
Why would they name it as i9 anyway? I was so sure that it would be i11...
- eriknstr 9y ago
  3, 5, 7, 9. Makes sense to me.
  - bballer 9y ago
    But they could have stuck with prime numbers!
gigatexal 9y ago
Yes it is. Though the intel part at 599 for 16 threads will likely be the better choice vs the 1800X.
- loeg 9y ago
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  - mamon 9y ago
    The Core i7-7820X announced in the article? :)
    - dman 9y ago
      That is 8 core, 16 threads.
  - gigatexal 9y ago
    the 8 core 16 thread one
- Sanddancer 9y ago
  True, but I'm curious to see what the rest of the Threadripper line shakes up to be. The $599 chip only has 28 pcie lanes, which isn't enough to run two gpus at full speed. In comparison, the $300 ivy bridge-e cpu has 40 lanes. Especially with their Zeppelin line, AMD's got a chance to shake up Intel's stagnant IO situation.
  - gigatexal 9y ago
    Even modern GPUs don't give up a significant number of FPS in games when run in 8x or even 2.0 mode. That's been known for a while. But creating a workstation for high IO around this would be advised to go elsewhere.
  - gigatexal 9y ago
    Even modern GPUs don't give up a significant number of FPS in games when run in 8x or even 2.0 mode. That's been known for a while. But creating a workstation for high IO around this would be advised to go elsewhere.

Oh. So now they're making the i9! So it did take AMD and Ryzen to make Intel push it's game from it's 5-6 year long hiatus with the i7 eh? Competition is clearly good :)

0xFFC 9y ago

Imagine what is going happen the moment ARM will attack desktop market share. That's what i am waiting for

loeg 9y ago
ARM isn't close to competitive, unfortunately.

willvarfar 9y ago

The i9 is just a new brand name for the top-tier i7. AMD have been compared favorably to nearly-top-tier i7s. Suddenly, by rebranding the top-tier to i9, Intel put a lot of gap between the i7 and Ryzen in the mind of the punter.

positivecomment 9y ago

Why would they name it as i9 anyway? I was so sure that it would be i11...

eriknstr 9y ago
3, 5, 7, 9. Makes sense to me.
- bballer 9y ago
  But they could have stuck with prime numbers!

gigatexal 9y ago

Yes it is. Though the intel part at 599 for 16 threads will likely be the better choice vs the 1800X.

loeg 9y ago
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- mamon 9y ago
  The Core i7-7820X announced in the article? :)
  - dman 9y ago
    That is 8 core, 16 threads.
- gigatexal 9y ago
  the 8 core 16 thread one
Sanddancer 9y ago
True, but I'm curious to see what the rest of the Threadripper line shakes up to be. The $599 chip only has 28 pcie lanes, which isn't enough to run two gpus at full speed. In comparison, the $300 ivy bridge-e cpu has 40 lanes. Especially with their Zeppelin line, AMD's got a chance to shake up Intel's stagnant IO situation.
- gigatexal 9y ago
  Even modern GPUs don't give up a significant number of FPS in games when run in 8x or even 2.0 mode. That's been known for a while. But creating a workstation for high IO around this would be advised to go elsewhere.
- gigatexal 9y ago
  Even modern GPUs don't give up a significant number of FPS in games when run in 8x or even 2.0 mode. That's been known for a while. But creating a workstation for high IO around this would be advised to go elsewhere.