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Intel Core I7-980X Extreme Edition Pro Reviews

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bjorn3d‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Core i7 980x features an unlocked multiplier for easy overclocking, Intel Speed Step technology for an out of the box performance boost. The Hex core design makes it the ultimate solution for desktop power users, enthusiasts and those using heavily threaded applications. The 980x holds it's own in applications that don't take advantage of all the cores and performance across the board is as good as the i7 965 Quad with one small exception. Memory performance was a little lower on the i7 980x but it didn't seem to affect the performance in real life applications and games. You have to consider that with as much bandwidth as the integrated memory controller provides it's hard for applications to saturate it.

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Mar 10, 2010

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expertreviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Yes it's ridiculously expensive, but you are getting a processor that's way ahead of anything else available at the present time.

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Mar 16, 2010

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mbreview‘s review Edit Like Unlike

As you will see in the subsequent pages of benchmark results, Intel has a real winner with the Core i7-980X. Not only are we seeing performance gains of 25%, 35% and 50%+ from this new six core behemoth, we are getting it at the same price (in 1ku quantities) as the existing Core i7-975. This essentially renders the i7-975 obsolete as long as the retail market value of the i7-980X is the same, or competitive. This would also justify keeping the i7 namesake, as this will essentially replace the i7-975 at the top of the performance spectrum.

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Mar 08, 2010

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motherboards‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Intel has done a bang-up job with their new Core i7-980X CPU and many enthusiasts will likely adopt it assuming they can afford the price tag. As to the new stock cooler, I’m glad Intel decided to go with a design that will offer better thermal performance than their previous ones. This CPU will be available in a few weeks everywhere but they allowed to us to review their final product and performance is indicative of the performance you will get from the new CPU.

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Mar 10, 2010

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ITreviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Intel has worked wonders to shoehorn six CPU cores into an LGA1366 desktop processor with a reasonable power draw and modest cooling requirements. The fact that it charges the same price for 980X as it does for the 975X is simply amazing, but there's still no escaping the fact that both CPUs are horribly expensive.

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Mar 22, 2010

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ExtremeTech‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The technology itself, however, is mighty impressive, and a significant move toward workstation power in a desktop PC. At the center of a highest-octane gaming rig, it's going to do some amazing things, and if you set your sights on highly threaded applications—video rendering springs to mind—you'll probably appreciate it even more. Aside from whether or not you can afford it, the big question with the Core i7-980X is whether or not you can use all the copious power it provides.

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Mar 11, 2010

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www.pcper.com‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Intel continues to prove its dominance in the CPU world with the release of the Core i7-980X hexa-core processor. With 12 threads of computing power behind it the new Extreme Edition part offers computing power unrivaled by other desktop processors especially when looking at heavily threaded workloads and applications. Gaming doesn't see a big performance boost yet...

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May 11, 2010

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TechSpot‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Core i7 980X is an impressive demonstration of what six-core, 12 thread CPUs have to offer and what can be achieved with the 32nm process. The fact that we were able to overclock this processor well beyond 4.0GHz on air was a real shock.

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Mar 23, 2010

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HardwareZone‘s review Edit Like Unlike

There will be more applications and games that will take advantage of more processor cores, but with the Core i7-980X costing at least US$999, you'll be paying a premium for it. The other reason to get this processor will be its outstanding overclocking potential. The relatively low power consumption is another plus point for the Core i7-980X. In fact, besides its premium cost, there are no caveats associated with this processor. If you require the processing power of six cores and can afford this, we say, get on the bandwagon.

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Mar 12, 2010

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xbitlabs‘s review Edit Like Unlike

As a result, the new Core i7-980X theoretically has 1.5 times higher performance, which allows us to formally regard it as the fastest desktop processor these days. In reality, however, everything depends on the applications optimization. As our tests showed, there are not that many tasks that could benefit substantially from having six cores available to them and they deal mostly with digital content creation and processing. So, it appears that Core i7-980X is an excellent solution for a workstation, rather than a home computer system.

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Apr 13, 2010

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techreport.com‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Ok, so maybe being a technology critic these days isn't so hard. The drawbacks of the Core i7-980X are pretty straightforward. If you're using programs that don't take advantage of more than four cores—and ideally more than eight threads—then you're not going to see much performance advantage from a six-core, 12-thread processor like this one. Heck, we've seen virtually no performance improvement at all in single- or dual-threaded applications versus the prior generation, as represented by the Core i7-975. Also, wow: this thing costs a grand.

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Mar 10, 2010

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HotHardware‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is sort of a jack-of-all-trades. The processor's stock frequency is 3.33GHz, which is tied for the fastest clock of any Core i7 CPU. That means even while processing single-threaded workloads, it's going to be as fast or faster than any other current desktop CPU. That said, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is also outfitted with six-cores, 50% more than Bloomfield-based Core i7s, which means it's going to tear though multi-threaded workloads that much easier too.

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Mar 11, 2010

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TechRadar UK‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Can a CPU be considered aspirational? If so, the Intel Core i7 980X is it. It's a smorgasbord of cutting edge technology and clearly the fastest and finest CPU you can buy. It's all of Intel's know how in a multi-threaded masterpiece. We want one. And we want it badly. Placing a premium on performance is all very well. But charging nigh on £800 for a PC processor is plain bonkers. It's sad, because it renders the Core i7 980X effectively irrelevant. Virtually nobody can afford it. Given Intel's track record in regards ongoing socket support, the LGA1,366 form factor is a worry, too. The fastest PC processor we've ever tested. But so expensive, nobody can afford it.

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Sep 07, 2010

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Tom's Hardware‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The conclusions we drew in our initial review hold up here. This isn't a gaming processor, and it's not particularly well-suited to the desktop at all. Rather, it's a workstation processor best suited to content creation, rendering, and other parallelized workloads.

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Mar 22, 2010

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tweaktown‘s review Edit Like Unlike

If you are a person that needs the extra headroom or simply want to have the best that is out, then the 980X is the way to go.

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Mar 11, 2010

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hardwarecanucks‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Core i7-980X is for those who take multi-tasking or benchmarking seriously, or for those who simply need something with unprecedented multi-threaded performance. We could harp about the price tag, but it's to be expected at this point. If you want an Extreme Edition processor from Intel, you are going to pay $999 for it. I think everyone can agree that unlocked multipliers aren't worth the price premium.

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Mar 10, 2010

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computershopper‘s review Edit Like Unlike

With the right software, the blazing, six-core 980X is much faster than the previous CPU king. But with apps that can't employ multiple cores, it's no faster than its predecessor.

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Mar, 2010

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bit-tech‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The i7-980X is an even more compelling purchase for a workstation, as it offers performance that's similar to, or greater than, a far more expensive dual-processor Xeon system. The i7-980X provides the best of both worlds - a massive number of process threads and high single-core performance thanks to the high clock frequency of its Nehalem architecture.

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Mar 11, 2010

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benchmarkreviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

In conclusion, the aptly-named Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor satisfies that insatiable need for enthusiasts to own a slice of the impossible. Gaming performance is solely dependant on the GPU when it comes to enthusiast hardware, and no amount of processor cores will improve what ATI or NVIDIA have already created in their products. Overclockers may be sorely disappointed if they expect the 980X to beat the i7-975 to 5GHz, because the extra cores make this chip a little less nimble when it comes to dancing around boundaries.

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Mar 10, 2010

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hardwaresecrets‘s review Edit Like Unlike

From our tests we could clearly see that the user that will benefit the most from this new monster will be the professional running applications that can recognize the extra cores provided by it, namely video editing, image rendering and similar applications. For this kind of user, the price won’t probably be an issue: since the professional will be able to finish jobs faster, more money can potentially be made. In other words, it is an investment that pays itself.

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Mar 10, 2010

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PC Pro‘s review Edit Like Unlike

32nm technology hits the high end for massive performance – but at a massive price too

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Mar 11, 2010

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