Intel's eight-core, SLI-supporting Skulltrail system benchmarked!

by David Ross on 20 September 2007, 23:01

Tags: Skulltrail, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), PC

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Skulltrail at 4GHz.





A combination of Vapochill and watercooling leads to this:



Four cores operating at 4GHz. Yikes. The system wasn't stable enough to benchmark, which was a shame.



Here's how we envisage not-quite-so-mad Skulltrail systems to ship.

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Posted by Toole - Thu 20 Sep 2007 23:52
I wonder just how many people have £5,000 or so to drop on a gaming rig. Surely diminishing returns is massive factor when you can get quad core and high end SLI for a good bit under £2,000.
Posted by DR - Fri 21 Sep 2007 00:34
It is the same as the people who weren't going to buy Extreme Editions or 8800 Ultras… they do exist!
Posted by vrykyl - Fri 21 Sep 2007 08:03
yup, tis true…think of the folks who are GIVEN or get for very cheap, dual 8800 ultras to bench who complain theyre cpu limited….. this should be there answer - 3dmark records will fall, but I wont be buying one :(
Posted by benwoodcock - Fri 21 Sep 2007 21:51
What a waste of money!
Posted by jeffel - Tue 02 Oct 2007 11:03
insanely expensive..may by next year prices might come down a bit.

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