While we were reviewing the Intel Xeon W5580 it was hard to ignore the similarity between the new Xeon and Intel’s desktop Core i7. After a fair amount of testing, it became apparent that the Xeon W5580 is identical to the Core i7 965 Extreme, except that you can run two Xeons on a workstation motherboard and the price is …
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Intel Xeon W5580
workstationdesktop processorWhile we were reviewing the Intel Xeon W5580 it was hard to ignore the similarity between the new Xeon and Intel’s desktop Core i7. After a fair amount of testing, it became apparent that the Xeon W5580 is identical to the Core i7 965 Extreme, except that you can run two Xeons on a workstation motherboard and the price is …
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Posted Wednesday 13th May 2009 12:52 GMT
Frank Bough
What a bizarre article #
...leave this kind of thing to Tom's and Anandtech.
Posted Wednesday 13th May 2009 15:38 GMT
Simon Ward
Re: What a bizarre article #
"...leave this kind of thing to Tom's and Anandtech."
Agreed. For one thing, they do it a bloody sight better.
Posted Thursday 14th May 2009 00:54 GMT
Paul
dual xeon 5520 rocks! #
we bought a Dell 710 for testing with dual L5520 and it makes the dual L5420 systems we previously bought seem slow and power hungry!
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