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That the W3690 is not the same uarch as the W3670 and W3680 is weird as all hell. Even weirder that it differs from the X5690, to which it is almost identical.
by chao- 9y ago
That the W3690 is not the same uarch as the W3670 and W3680 is weird as all hell. Even weirder that it differs from the X5690, to which it is almost identical. Did they start selling the W3690 before the other Xeon W-series SKUs?
Saw the headline and my heart sank, but I got a lucky dodge on this. Bought a W3680 because at the time, I couldn't find a W3690 at a reasonable price (from what I could tell they were a top choice for people refreshing their Mac Pros?). Maybe I'll squeeze another 7 years from this X58 machine yet!
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoSigh, I put a W3690 in an old Mac Pro a couple of years ago, and it's been working nicely. Now time for plan B...
- justinclift 9y agoJust make sure to get a processor that's not Intel. No need to reward them for bad behaviour.
- ibotty 9y agoThat's going to be hard without changing the mainboard, which will most likely not make it easy to (continue? to) run MacOS.
- justinclift 9y agoGood point. For me it's not an issue as I barely use OSX any more. But for people wedded to that platform... not much room to move. :/
- DCKing 9y ago> That the W3690 is not the same uarch as the W3670 and W3680 is weird as all hell. Well that's the thing - they are the same thing! The difference between Gulftown and Westmere-EP seems to be entirely marketing, but this marketing difference now results in patching difference.