Intel i7 (Eight cores)

[Nom Nom]

Is it really needed? Has anyone compared it to the i5 (Quad core)

 

[Rdogg112]

isn't it 6/7 cores?
EDIT:
Cores 2-6 (6 in the Gulftown 9x0X Extreme versions)

 

[Nom Nom]

Nar. My laptop is Core i5. Which is quad core. and i7 has 8 cores amiright?

 

[Rdogg112]

according to Wikipedia, 6 Cores in the extreme edition

 

[Nom Nom]

hmmm... Wtf has 8 cores then...

 

[Rdogg112]

i dunno, the AMD Phenom has 6. so yeah

 

[Twista_mybb_import14733]

Dude, This is to much lol!

 

[someguy123]

The i7 generally has 4, and in some editions 6, BUT NOT 8.
Though they DID make an 80-core CPU but they're hiding it
http://news.cnet.com/Intel-shows-off-80-core-processor/2100-1006_3-6158181.html

 

[Twista_mybb_import14733]

Lol! Who does that? No use..

 

[Nom Nom]

um 8 threads x)
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7/index.htm

 

[Monsterr]

Threads aren't cores.

 

[Nom Nom]

I do know that. I forgot where I saw it said 8 cores.

 

[Monsterr]

Lol.
5Char..lol

 

[RoyalRachel]

Its the same thing really. theres no point to the Intel i7

 

[RoyalRachel]

Its the same thing really. theres no point to the Intel i7