Wow, that a thorough review
SKYMTL!
Tought I cannot buy a chip like that in any forseeable future, it was really interesting to read how the flagship Intel CPU perform. Funny that it does not always win and quite cheap from intel to use the X79 chipset still, but never the less - it is a interesting CPU.
Not much applications benefit from the number of cores and threads, however it looks like that it is pretty fast when they do. But Intel should have slowed the Haswell i7-4770K a bit down to make the i7-4960X more appealing :haha:
Anyway, not to me ungratefull brat for such a interesting review, I spoted two small typos, that might be worth fixing (tough in such huge review there must be errors here and there...):
1)
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...024-intel-i7-4960x-ivy-bridge-e-review-6.html
"It effectively removes the
CPU from the equation, generating a
CPU-centric score."
I belive that the first "CPU" should be "GPU" to this test makes sense... but most users surely understand that.
2)
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...024-intel-i7-4960x-ivy-bridge-e-review-3.html
The table with the testing HW config says that OS is "Windows Ultimate x64 SP1 (w/all updates)", yet fail to mention witch Windows this actually is. Upon reading more is clear that they are Windows 7, but the number is missing, so it is open to interpretations a little :biggrin:
PS. The Asus X79 mobo looks like a spaceship :shok:
Definitively a design beauty :thumb:
