[itsallgoode9]

Been waiting since the beginning of the year for this...gotta say i'm disappointed though :-\

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cor ... ,3026.html

Considering that the 2600k is SO fast for the price ....when overclocked, reaching pretty much the same the render speeds of the current 980x at 1/3 of the price, I was hoping for more of a speed increase when it came to the 6 core version of sandy bridge (which looks to be barely faster than the 980x based on these prelims). Any thoughts on this? Am I jumping the gun on being disappointed when looking at it in terms of rendering power?

[polynurb]

Am I jumping the gun on being disappointed when looking at it in terms of rendering power?

no.


i thought the same reading it the other day.. it is basically a 2600 with two more cores.

maybe the 4 channel memory controller can help in very complex/ram intensive situations.. but it will hardly pay out to invest so much in a single chip if in a rendernode.

on the other hand.. this makes amd release of zambezi a bit more interesting.. should come next month.

[numerobis]

It's "only" a sandy bridge with two more (and up to 4 more) cores and a slightly faster memory controller... so it was expectable that it would be in the same range - core by core. But the real point of these chips is 2 or 4 more cores and the multi processor capability! ...and less power draw compared to a the last gen xeons.
I'll be waiting for the ne EVGA SR-3 (or how it will be called) which should be available maybe Q1 2012 and then i hope for an affordable clockable (k) 8 core

But hopefully the new AMD will not be as bad as expected...

[polynurb]

But the real point of these chips is 2 or 4 more cores and the multi processor capability!

do you mean the extreme version will again (like skulltrail) run in dual cpu mode?

[numerobis]

yes, there will be a clockable dual processor board for socket 2011 Xeons from EVGA like the SR-2 for socket 1366

http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=1132728

The only problem could be that only the biggest xeons get a free multi, like the 2600k... and it's no longer possible to raise the bclk

[numerobis]

"...initial estimates from reliable sources suggest the platform should be capable of BCLK settings in excess of 155 MHz if you’re using a multiplier-locked processor."



http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cor ... 026-5.html

sandy E has a different clock generator!

[itsallgoode9]

considering how huge of a leap in speed/price ration the sandy bridge was compared its previous chips, I was just expecting more once they came out with the 6 core version. Who knows, maybe i'll get one, but considering I already have a 980x I think my money is going to go with building render nodes using the 2600k. Much larger price/performance ratio imo