Intel to boost Xeon chips next week
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#1 Posted by 
Dazzla on 09 Mar 2003 - 13:13
- Let me get this straight, they have seperate 3000 and 3060 Mhz chips? What's the point?
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#2 Posted by macster on 09 Mar 2003 - 13:46
- i think they have different FSB 3.0 use 400Mhz 3.06 use 533 Mhz
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#2.1 Posted by Dazzla on 09 Mar 2003 - 14:18
- [neoquote=#2.0 by macster]i think they have different FSB
3.0 use 400Mhz
3.06 use 533 Mhz[/neoquote]
That would make sense wouldn't it
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#3 Posted by lexor on 09 Mar 2003 - 14:24
- Pentium 4 3.06 GHz w/ Hyper-Threading Technology Retail $929 CND, who the hell buys those things? no wonder we have companies struggle with cash funds!
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#3.1 Posted by xStainDx on 09 Mar 2003 - 15:06
- Well The P4 3.06GHz here is 550.00 Retail. The XEON 3.06GHz here is 700.00 Retail, you can do the canadian conversion. People who buy XEONS are for Servers.
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#3.2 Posted by av666 on 09 Mar 2003 - 16:00
- the other users for these chips are very high-end 3d workstations, usually in duel cpu configurations and possibly quad! Automotive, architecture and airline companies are the target here and also anyone who wants fast render times on large projects. Well I'd love to get my hands on a duel xeon machine anyway. In some respects, if you already have a duel cpu machine, it would pay to wait a few years for the next line of chips to give you a significant speed increase!
The Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker is expected to launch the new chips, running at clock speeds of 3GHz and 3.06GHz, on Monday.
Though they've yet to be officially unveiled, the new Xeon chips first appeared in workstations in early February.
Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard, for example, have been selling 3.06GHz Xeon workstations since about Feb. 3. But a number of brand-name computer manufacturers are expected to announce on Monday plans to offer the chips in their server lines.
The Xeon line, which is similar to Intel's Pentium 4 line, is designed for single- and dual-processor workstations--powerful desktop computers created for jobs such as the computer-aided design of automobiles. It's also geared toward servers--heavy-duty computers used to conduct transactions or store files on computer networks. Collectively, these machines represent a fairly small, but often profitable, segment of the business PC market.
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