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Slight roadmap changes are the news from Intel in regards to their Xeon plans for the next few years as reported over at Xbit. Inteil will not be releasing 800Mhz-FSB Xeons the same time as their slated 800Mhz desktop processors, instead going with a 667 MHz Xeon along with continuing support for 533 and 400MHz FSB Xeons until the 0.09-micron CPUs appear. Intel also has interesting plans in store for dual-capable Xeonx in the near future:

Also there will be one more interesting Xeon CPU for dual-processor systems, which is due in Q3 2002. It will be Xeon 3.06GHz with 1MB L3 cache. This will be the only solution in the dual-processor Xeon family equipped with an L3 cache.

Check out the article for more info.

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Giuliano Aspiring Duallie Posts: 68 Joined: 2002-10-16

#21174 Posted on: 01/31/2003 10:17 AM I read this post earlier today on Xbit, and obviously they meant Q3 2003 (not Q3 2002) for the Xeon 3.06 1MB.. I would imagine the 1MB cache would increase the price of the CPU above $1600-1800 or so, compared to around $800-900 for the 512K model. Question is, would it be worth it to wait for the Xeon 3.06 1MB instead of the Xeon 3.06 512K? What kind of applications on a dual Xeon would see a benefit to the extra L3 cache? Edit: Sorry, confused 512K L2 cache with 1MB L3 cache, but the questions still stand.

posty Beach Bum Posts: 938 Joined: 2000-05-30

#21175 Posted on: 01/31/2003 10:27 AM The good thing about the continued support for the 400MHz./533MHz. BUS would mean that the 2.8GHz XEONS/placer combination would be a pretty healthy upgrade path, for now; as planned obsolescence has been assigned a later date and who knows we might even see a platform or processor upgrade option out there, in the horizon. For most of us, the Xeon 512 should be more than what we really need; but, definitely an L3 cache could actually boost real life performance. Superduper G

Fartholio SMP Newbie Posts: 14 Joined: 2003-01-22

#21176 Posted on: 01/31/2003 12:59 PM Those hypsters are afraid of thier own numbers it seems. It is really is a 666 FSB but called 667 so damn politically correct it makes me sick

Manatoba Retired Comp-Tech Posts: 328 Joined: 2002-09-02

#21177 Posted on: 01/31/2003 01:16 PM The 1Mb L3 cache may well assist HT (HyperThreading), to help avoid decreases in performance when it is activated, as happens now under certain conditions. Xeon - Experiment: 2x SL6EP 2.4/400@3450+|PC-DL 1.04-B05 BIOS1009|2Gb GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 2-2-2-5| Gigabyte 6600GT Fanless Heatpipes|silent Samsung HD's|Antec Titan550|stock voltages|IWT+Agilent cooler| AMD - Experiment: Opteron165 1.8@2.25 CCBWE 0551WPMW|stock heatpipe HSF|HP/nVidia QuadroFX4500| Antec TPII 550W|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe|4Gb Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT|2x Dell 2405FPW's|more 2 come..|

Manatoba Retired Comp-Tech Posts: 328 Joined: 2002-09-02

#21178 Posted on: 01/31/2003 01:25 PM Re: 666 Vs 667 MHz nomenclature... Remember, it is all based on 33.33 recurring (100/3), so 666.66 recurring does actually round up to 667 with using whole numbers for the mass market. (Discussions regarding "the number of the beast", the Bible and Iron Maiden's classic song aside.) ;) Xeon - Experiment: 2x SL6EP 2.4/400@3450+|PC-DL 1.04-B05 BIOS1009|2Gb GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 2-2-2-5| Gigabyte 6600GT Fanless Heatpipes|silent Samsung HD's|Antec Titan550|stock voltages|IWT+Agilent cooler| AMD - Experiment: Opteron165 1.8@2.25 CCBWE 0551WPMW|stock heatpipe HSF|HP/nVidia QuadroFX4500| Antec TPII 550W|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe|4Gb Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT|2x Dell 2405FPW's|more 2 come..|

Telstar TS Xeon Lover Posts: 255 Joined: 2002-10-05

#21179 Posted on: 01/31/2003 02:23 PM Originally posted by HEMI Inteil will not be releasing 800Mhz-FSB Xeons the same time as their slated 800Mhz desktop processors, instead going with a 667 MHz Xeon along with continuing support for 533 and 400MHz FSB Xeons until the 0.09-micron CPUs appear. These are bad news for those who wanted to wait for 800mhz QPB Xeons. Instead the new roadmap remove all doubts about buying a couple of 2.8 right now (like I'm doing to). PS: About 1MB L3 versions it really depends on what kind of applications you run. For a workstation usage that should have less impact than pure mhz. I wonder to which frequencies 533-Xeons will arrive during this year ot at the beginning of next one... Gaming Rig: | Xeon E3110 | Asus Rampage Formula | 4GB G.Skill PC-8500 | Asus 8800 GTX | Dell PERC 4/i 128MB cache w/ battery | 4x Fujutsu MAU 15k 143 GB (2x raid0 arrays) | Samsung F1 1TB (backup) | 2x WD GP 1TB (video archive) | X-Fi Xtreme Gamer | Tannoy Reveal 5A 2.0 Active Monitors | Lian-Li PC 78 | Silverstone Zeus 750W PSU | LaCie Electron 22Blue4 22" CRT

rasp1 Registered User Posts: 365 Joined: 2002-05-12

#21180 Posted on: 02/01/2003 06:26 AM It would be kick ass to see the 1MB L3 soon, but what we have now will kick ass in most projects. Now we just need a affordable 4 way Non-Xeon MP lovin rasp

Krobar Registered User Posts: 1999 Joined: 2001-01-20

#21181 Posted on: 02/02/2003 05:40 AM Nice to see Intel arent deserting older fsbs too quickly. I wonder if many I860 boards will be able to provide the juice needed for 3.2gig though. The L3 version sounds very nice (400fsb variant would be nice too though - lower fsb would benefit more from it). Supposedly some placer boards have clock gens which can run 667fsb with pci in spec, details on the ICS one used in the Iwill are not available though. Rig: I7-3820 with GTX465.

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