Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Nov 2008 11:14 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
APCMag has tested Intel's latest Core i7 processor architecture that does away with the Front Side Bus and replaces it with the company's QuickPath Interconnect and has (back from the dead) hyperthreading. "This month, Intel moves on from the Core microarchitecture to the next generation of processors for mobile, desktop and servers, codenamed Nehalem and officially named the Core i7 family. We've spent a few weeks with Intel's test kit for the new desktop part, codenamed Bloomfield, as well as the new compatible motherboard chipset the X58 Express, codenamed Tylersburg."
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Really? I'm looking at getting an i7 system within a couple of month, and games is one of the few areas where my current CPU isn't giving me any problems (if anything a new graphics card would help far more in that area). Processing RAW photos, video editing and some of the stuff I do in MATLAB, those are the areas where my CPU could really use some help. You do realize that computers can be used for things other than games and the internet?