9th Generation Intel Processors Will Get Octa Core i7
Click here to post a comment for 9th Generation Intel Processors Will Get Octa Core i7 on our message forum
RooiKreef
Looks like 2018 is going to be a awesome year for upgrading. Nvidia and AMD will be bringing some new stuff to the table and on Nvida side I'm sure it will be very high performance given the fact that pascal is already awesome in itself. AMD an Intel will have a brutal fight over who has the most cores and the cheapest. AMD is going to bring a very nice refined Rizen cpu and Intel will bring more cores at i7 "4core" price points. Can't wait to see how this all go down.
Turanis
:)
Spoiler: "Exploited Intel firmware debunked by Google"
EdInk
AMD will just slap 2-4 more cores on the high-end CPUs thanks to infinity fabric. Intel has nothing on AMD in 2018
kruno
I think Intel fans and buyers are soooo happy to get yet another chipset;);):D:D
Y0!
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-announces-cannon-lake-on-track-ice-lake-has-taped-in.html
It means no Cannon Lake CPUs will ever be available. As for Icelake - it can't be supported by the same motherboards that support Coffee Lake, because a) they're based on different architectures, b) LGA1151 barely handles overclocking i7-8700K, how is it supposed to handle overclocking octa-cores?..
I guess Eurocom doesn't know shit or just was mistaken and Z390 will not support any newer generations.
Fender178
Not surprised at this considering AMD has 8 core CPUs right now with Ryzen and Intel has had them with their X series motherboards. The only down fall is needing to purchase another motherboard for the new chipset
-Tj-
I'll wait for Icelake 8core
drac
Slightly disappointing seeing as I just got a 8700k. 8 core won't make a fart of difference over 6 core probably for literally several years (in gaming), until 6 and 8 core has gone mainstream. In which case I'll then be ready to update again to a 12 core, lol.
You could be waiting forever to upgrade when it comes to PC tech, absolutely pointless waiting for anything unless it is a matter of weeks away.
Will be very interesting to see what happens though! I bet the 9700k at high clock speed will for sure have even more heat problems than the 8700k. It will be "cool" to see what turbo frequency they'l go for, thermal issues incoming. ;p
Kaarme
AMD really kicked Intel where it hurts the most. Figuratively speaking, of course, as the real place would be the profits, but those remain astronomical for Intel. Still, I'm kind of surprised Intel did have any pride left. I'd have imagined the money mongers leading Intel had got rid of all that pesky stuff.
kaz050
WHAT who do dis 7700k top of the line gaming cpu AMD Ryzen get rekted intel,Intel we got this unlock the X=space heater fans go crazy,Intel unlock the coffee,fans go OMG 6c/12t,then locked behind closed doors intel gos the fans are eating this up like candy we will have all our stock back in no time lets let the crazyness die down befor we do a refresh and give them a new mobo and cpu 😱.
Elder III
I think that the Ryzen 1600 for ~$200 (or less) has already made 6 core CPUs "Mainstream". I do agree with you that 6 vs 8 cores for gaming isn't much of a difference in the vast majority of games at this point, provided the core frequency is the same of course.
airbud7
I don't know why but I loledreading dat^....
drac
Yep, well they sped up the process at least. I just mean mainstream, as in they're as common as quad cores and most people own one (a 6 or 8 core).
Prince Valiant
I think I'm likely to do the same. Going to see how Zen 2 pans out before making a final decision though.
boe
Only thing I care about is the number of PCIe lanes. I'm hoping it isn't limited to 16 like the current 8700k. I don't care about additional cores - just more PCIe lanes as I'm using my PC ot play games, not to encode video or decode the NSA security. There was a rumor of a new 40 PCIe lane Coffe Lake S CPU.
boe
It does if you care about gaming performance. If you are just using your PC for video editing then Ryzen/TR kicks but when it comes to bang for the buck. That being said I really appreciate that AMD gives you 64 PCIe lanes on the threadripper. If they can get the clock speeds up enough and tweak the TR2 it might be a good choice for a gaming PC although the power/heating is currently a drawback for some consumers.
Loophole35
If all you are doing is playing games then 16 lanes is fine. Even a 1080ti does not saturate 8 gen3 pci lanes.
kruno
You need more, for m.2 ,maybe some PCIE card, i don't think that in 2017/2018 16 PCIE lanes is enough.I like amd's 32 PCIE lanes on Ryzen,but would like it more if they didn't lock 8 lanes to sata and usb 3.1 ports.
Loophole35
AMD is only 16 lanes for graphic with 4 dedicated for ONE M.2 and 4 for I/O that is 24 total. Intel has 20 total 16 for graphics 4 for their DCM3.0 (I think that’s what it’s called).
boe
If you only play games, don't own any other PCIe cards and don't get anything faster than a 1080 (not the 1080 ti) and never intend on upgrading your video card, then 16x lanes is fine.
The 1080 ti does saturate 8x pcie - several videos on youtube and some other websites showing it. Not a tremendous difference but about 10% improvement using a 16x over an 8x slot depending on the game. If the 1080 ti already goes beyond 8x bandwidth then you can be sure the 2080 will need more. I also have an 8x nic and an 8x raid controller so I could use a lot more than 16x to share between them.
I believe the threadripper has 64 pcie lanes however it doesn't perform as well for gaming as my old 6700k intel.
