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Title: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month
Post by: Mojo on March 08, 2010, 08:10:03 PM

What could you do with 8 physical cores of CPU processing power (http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/intel-touts-8-core-xeon-monster.ars)? Intel's upcoming 8-core Nehalem-EX is launching later this month (http://hothardware.com/News/Intel-Unveils-NehalemEX-OctalCore-Server-CPU/), according to Intel Xeon Platform Director Shannon Poulin. The announcement puts to rest rumors that the 8-core part might be delayed, and makes good on a promise Intel made last year when the chip maker said it would release the chip in the first half of 2010. To quickly recap, Nehalem-EX boasts an extensive feature-set, including up to 8 cores per processor, up to 16 threads per processor with Intel Hyper-threading, scalability up to eight sockets via Intel's serial Quick Path Interconnect and more with third-party node controllers, and 24MB of shared cache.

Title: Re: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month
Post by: [SI]1A-Pvt.Hazzard on March 09, 2010, 07:59:31 AM

What could you do with 8 physical cores of CPU processing power?

Simulated Particle terrain physics. There go all 8 cores ;).

Title: Re: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month
Post by: [RS]1-Pvt.Alan on March 09, 2010, 08:30:54 AM

According to specs leaked on Net, maybe you will be able to play this game maxed out :)

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Metro 2033 system requirements revealed:

Minimal system requirements: Metro 2033
- Dual-Core CPU (Core 2 Duo or better)
- DirectX 9, Shader Model 3 graphics card (Geforce 8800, Geforce GT220)
- 1 GiB RAM

Recommended system requirements: Metro 2033
- Quad-Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual-Core CPU
- DirectX 10 graphics card (Geforce GTX 260)
- 2 GiB RAM

Optimal system requirements: Metro 2033
- Core i7 CPU
- Nvidia DirectX 11 graphics card (Geforce GTX 480 and Geforce GTX 470)
- As much RAM as possible (8 GiB+)
- Fast HDD or SSD

Title: Re: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month
Post by: Cat on March 09, 2010, 01:48:05 PM

Nice stuff:-)

Dang Alan.. that looks like a game to test on my rig... when is it out?

Title: Re: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month
Post by: Mojo on March 09, 2010, 03:16:36 PM

Metro 2033: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033)

Screenshots (http://images.google.com/images?q=Metro+2033&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=UqyWS6PoEIymNqLQhUc&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB0QsAQwAw)