Core i7 codename Nehalem CPU

Will we be seeing the Core i7 in the Sager/Eurocom Notebooks ?

 

only the desktop i7 quad is due out this november, no news yet on mobile nehalem. maybe 1/09 or 3/09.

 

Unless there is a motherboard refresh for the Clevo D901C that allows for Nehalem processors, which is not really likely, but hopefully there will be.

 

Let's hope so!

 

We better be seeing them in Clevo notebooks, or I'll be quite angry.

 

what is special about them?

lets say difference between montevina and nehalem?

 

1. QuickPath Interconnect will replace FSB, to compete with HT.
2. Memory is directly connected to the CPU.
3. L3 Cache !!
4. DDR3 Triple Channel, so min. 3 modules on Mobos.

 

Wait, i thought Calpella was due to release Q3 2009?

 

Yeah, the mobile (Centrino) platform will be released later.

 

I'll give you guys a hint about upcoming Clevo notebooks.

Wait for the next CeBIT.

Clevo likes to debut their new models around that time.... and then shipping them out that late Summer / early Fall.

 

Hmmm...a little something to wet our beaks huh Gophn. Thanks for that...i'll look out for it come March.

 

Hmm..., well, March is getting closer and closer, and who knows, what with the market turmoils, I may have to wait until then just to make sure my funding is secure; at least if I have to wait, there's the possibility of something to look forward to.

 

you think these CPUs will work in PM45 chipset? Would be nice but I doubt that

 

Thxs guys

I think a modified version they will make for Notebooks
will wait & see, 2009 seems like a good year

 

Most definitely not. The Nehalem-class CPUs are the first CPUs with a brand-new architecture that gets rid of the FSB and moves the memory controllers on-die. As such, they will be radically incompatible with any motherboard that uses the FSB and the off-die memory controller.

 

Wait.
HOLD ON MINUTE!

The mobile Nehalem CPUs are coming in Late Summer???

Noooo! I thought it was Q3 2009! Agh, should i wait to purchase my laptop?

 

At this rate, let's wait 3 years, because than we could have laptop with 6Ghz Quad+Geforce 580 GX2

 

Umm...Q3 IS late summer (July-Aug-Sept)

 

intel is ahead of schedule, looks like they eager to sell new chips amass.
anyway we have to wait until intel goes into 32nm production to lower the thermal consumption, esp on mobile quad.

 

32nm will also allow for more CPU cache, and probably hexa-core or more.

I guess they will replace transistors with carbon nanotubes or maybe have a billion transistors, and by 2015 or so, Intel could develop CPUs with 64 cores on a single die.

 

lol technology always evolve and people wait and wait and wait till they die ahhh I'm sticking with the np8660

 

If the jump in performance is THAT great (and I doubt it is, as it most likely is hype all over again) I'll trade in my m860tu to get such a laptop, once it shares the attributes of greatest of the m860tu.

However, I am sure that would all the talk and hoola, it'll be a nice jump, but not enough for the average or even performance user to make the jump.

 

I remembered an article on Anandtech or somewhere else said that it will be 20% to 50% faster compared to the current C2D. But that result is from softwares, like Winrar or Cinebench, not games. I also have heard rumors about i7 will not be doing well in games compared to C2D. Well, all we can do is wait and see how it performs at launch.
EDIT: Yay, 111 posts.

 

Yup wikipedia says the same thing

http://uneit.com/2008/09/24/intel-core-i7-940-in-real-test/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_i7

 

If your not getting the Sager NP9262
then nothing to beat the Nagamaki from Killernotebooks

 

It would not surprise me in the least if performance on software that was optimized for the current architecture ends up performing worse on Nehalem (at least initially) despite the fact that, on a theoretical basis, Nehalem will indeed provide an increase in performance because of the radical restructuring of the entire chipset/motherboard system primarily in going from the antiquated FSB to QuickPath and to moving from a single off-die memory controller to separate on-die memory controllers.

 

I had the pro-star.com M860TU and it was a very impressive laptop indeed, especially with the Turbo Memory card at 4GB. I couldn't assign enough file directories to the turbo memory to even take up 2GB of that space.

However, I am chomping at the bit for a new laptop with the i7 chip, and I will skip over the QX9300 to get it (new mobile quad core chip)

 

so,,,,,

who is making an i7 laptop?

 

Who knows? Santa's elves, maybe.

 

Im hoping Eurocom or Sager
make the i7 laptop soon

 

Yea Gateway is already showing their *bleeps* off w/ their i7 desktop gaming machine; come on Sager, I need a new notebook...let's go!

 

Neither Eurocom nor Sager make any notebooks, they just import and sell them. My bet is on Clevo (the ODM of most sager/eurocom notebooks) to make a successor to the d901c (or sager 9262/eurocom D90xC PHANTOM-X) with the i7 chip.

 

can you say vast increase in prices for laptops

 

Clevo/Sager same thing!

 

No, not same thing. You cannot buy a sager outside of the US. You can buy a clevo worldwide. Clevo MAKE sagers notebooks. (well not all of them, some are compals/other ODM's, but sager don't make any of them)

 

Have you read Clevo Guide?

 

CeBit next year will definitely render the M57Xu and D900x old.
Newer models have to come out , and I don`t think refreshing older laptops will work again...

 

Just being pedantic, but the m57xu is already ancient, the m57xru is still good. The d900x is also already old as the d901c is the only one sold now..

 

Crap, I am just buying my Sager NP9262, I hope they don't scrap it next year.

 

I know....

Yes I have; in its entirety.

 

I bought a 9262 with a quad core. if u are going to wait there is always something better few month down the road.
buy this one now if u need it and buy a new one 2 -4 years from now when the Sandy bridge comes out

 

There are LGA-1366 and LGA-1156, with the former is for high-end and the latter is for mainstream. It's gonna be a tough decision for Clevo, choosing between these.
I am aware that the D901C is a high-end laptop, and of course its replacement gotta be high-end too. But reading this from Anandtech

A high mid-end (if you know what I mean ) is quite sufficient IMO.

 

The big difference is that the LGA-1366 socket is the standard for both Bloomfield and the upcoming 32nm Westmere CPUs, according to what I've read. This doesn't guarantee however that a new mobo will not be required to go from Bloomfield to Westmere. But at least there's a possibility that the same, available today, mobo can be used for a future 32nm CPU upgrade.