8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX Release This Month

[Mojo]

What could you do with 8 physical cores of CPU processing power? Intel's upcoming 8-core Nehalem-EX is launching later this month, 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.

[Hazzard]

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

Simulated Particle terrain physics. There go all 8 cores .

[[RS]1-Sgt.Alan]

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

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

[[RS]1-Lt.Cat]

Nice stuff:-)

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

[Mojo]

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

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