Review: Intel Core i9 7900X processor
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Aura89
So, if this thing requires this much power, what is the 18 core going to require..?
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Loophole35
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schmidtbag
Loophole35
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Denial
Hmm, 10 core has two FMA's per core, 8 and lower only have one. I find that weird not that it effects me. I wish there were more in depth reviews on the 8 core -- sucks that the EU tech reviewers got shafted by Intel, EU sites usually have the best reviews =\
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airbud7
That thing is Fast!...Nice review Boss!
Loophole35
zer0_c0ol
Bad marketing.
You don't release a space heater in the middle of summer.
Loophole35
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vbetts
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I think Loophole won the internet with his post lmao.
But damn those temperatures though! You need this in a server room with AC blasting and a custom loop just to keep it cool enough to run! Hopefully one would assume these are highly binned cores, so they should be able to handle high voltage and high temperatures.
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Agent-A01
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TieSKey
With increasing turbo modes/names, I'd like to see some kind of test on turbo availability/sustainability. What I'm trying to say is, test the % of time the cpu can be at a given clock speed.
For instance, the i7 on my laptop has a turbo clock for 1 core of 3.8Ghz, but even in winter (15C on room) it quickly hits the power and/or thermal limits. So in the end the 3.8Ghz is more of a PR item than a real thing.
Of course this get smoothed on benchmarks since they run for long enough but I bet a LOT of people will think something in the lines of "ooh, 10 cores and a super high turbo for gaming, take my wallet", when in reality, the cpu will probably run at almost base speeds avg while gaming.