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2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« on: February 11, 2008, 02:17:53 PM »
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/06/intel_skulltrail_part_1/

Dunno if any of you heard about this, but damn talk about serious performance!  That RAm is gonna be damn expensive!
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2008, 07:38:55 PM »
Looks like it's not a gaming platform though. Take a look at the benchmarks in Part 3
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 06:18:27 AM »
Yeah, but it still has some raw power for other uses such as a server platform (which it was intended for).  Add a couple of quadroFX cards and you have a very powerful medical and/or engineering imaging platform to work with.
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 06:21:09 PM »
The skulltrail is the only Intel chipset that supports Nvidia SLI

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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2008, 07:42:22 PM »
Add a couple of quadroFX cards and you have a very powerful medical and/or engineering imaging platform to work with.


First thing I thought of when I read that was this:


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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 07:33:57 AM »
3dfx....ahh those were the days.  I remember getting my first 3dfx voodoo banshee and thought.....holy Crap this is the future of gaming.  Turns out I was right, only with different manufacturers.
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 10:08:52 AM »

I had one of these. I loved it... I still have the CD-Rom of Moto Racer than came with it.

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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 02:02:19 PM »
I had one of these. I loved it... I still have the CD-Rom of Moto Racer than came with it.


HAHHAH, back in the day, I use to run 2x Voodoo2 Monster's.  They were pimp status.

Pic of the card:


And how you used 2 of them (similar to ATI's CrossFire crap):


Or you could hook them up internally:


ATI CrossFire:



Oh good times good times.  I think I went through all that hassle with the cards to play Ultima Online if I recall correctly.  What a waste.
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 04:31:42 PM »
I love how the cards hung a little too close over the ide ports. (Or is that the FDD?  Can't tell from this far away.)
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 07:30:57 PM »
Those are the IDE. The floppy is next to it and slightly smaller.  Nothing like a kick ass graphics system that ruins the ability of your system to use all available devices.
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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2008, 08:12:23 PM »
I would have to say that out of all the 3d cards i've owned i was the most satisfied with my 3dfx voodoo3.  Granted it's been long outdated but that thing never had an issue.  it just ran and was compatible with everything.

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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2008, 12:34:57 PM »
I would have to say that out of all the 3d cards i've owned i was the most satisfied with my 3dfx voodoo3.  Granted it's been long outdated but that thing never had an issue.  it just ran and was compatible with everything.

I can honestly say that my old school vid cards were a lot less problematic than any of my more recent vid cards (GeForce 4 TI 4400, ATI AIW x800XT, and now I have 2x 8800GTS's).  All which have given me, or are currently giving me issues.

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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2008, 11:10:54 PM »
My GeForce Ti 4200 is still alive and kicking in my dads computer. Runs FEAR, Age of Empire 3, and C&C3 just fine. Robust overclocker.

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Re: 2 proc/8 cores Have we gone mad?
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2008, 11:21:04 PM »
My GeForce Ti 4200 is still alive and kicking in my dads computer. Runs FEAR, Age of Empire 3, and C&C3 just fine. Robust overclocker.

Those are small tanks, I would kill to have one of those back then.
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