Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor review
Intel BX80613i7980X Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor – 3.33GHz, LGA 1366, 6.4GT/s QPI, 12MB L3 Cache, Six Core, Hyper Threading, Gulftown, Retail CPU w/ Fan
Intel BX80613i7980X Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor
The most significant architectural change in the x86 architecture in 13 years, the Intel Core i7, just got better! Intel has completely reinvented their CPU design, removing the antiquated Front Side Bus and replacing it with the new Intel QuickPath Interconnect, delivering up to 6.4 GT/s. In addition to the the integrated Triple Channel DDR3 memory controller, Intel has added two additional cores to the new Gulftown-based Core i7 line. Located directly on the CPU die is 12MB L3 cache shared across all six cores means the CPU can do more without having to access the main memory, further increasing performance. Intel Hyperthreading Technology gives the allows this new Six Core CPU to process up to 12 threads at once while the Intel Turbo Boost Technology allows the CPU to shut off uneaded cores, increasing the frequency of the others from 3.33GHz to up to 3.60Ghz for lightning speed.
The Intel Core i7 processor is the latest in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. Based on the new Intel Westmere 32nm microarchitecture, the Intel Core i7 processor delivers six complete execution cores within a single processor along with the rebirth of Intel HyperThreading Technology, delivering unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multi-threaded and multi-tasking business and home use environments and the ability to simultaneously process up to 12 separate threads.
The unprecedented performance of the Intel Core i7 processor is made possible by each of the six complete execution cores delivering the full power of Intel Westmere 32nm microarchitecture. More instructions can be carried out per clock cycle, shorter and wider pipelines execute commands more quickly, and improved bus lanes move data throughout the system faster. This six core, twelve thread processor represents Intel’s continued leadership and drive of multi-core processing and more parallel computing.
Doing More with Intel Six Core
The Intel Core i7 processor is at the center of today’s most interactive and content rich software experiences. The evolving set of threaded multi-media applications, including digital content creation, will shine as users are able to complete tasks faster. Game play can achieve even greater visualization and realism as tasks such as artificial intelligence (AI), physics, and rendering can be distributed across each of the six complete execution cores and run in parallel.
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Most epic most violent game ever?
Those with even a passing awareness of Greek mythology and its gods will have the understanding that their world was a very violent and tumultuous one. But did the ancient Greeks debate — as they debated everything else – the wisdom of writing down these legends, for fear of what all of this gruesome violence might do to the tender young minds of their communities?
Alas, history reveals no clues.
One thing is sure, however: these days, now that such legends can be told in the more interactive medium of video games, occasionally a particularly violent or disturbing game manages to shock a few parents whose children were never supposed to see it in the first place. When this happens, the squawks from the lofty perches of moral judgment rise to a cacophony of ill-informed opinion pieces in newspapers and blogs, alarmist segments on the evening news, and Sunday sermons from one end of the world to the other.
Like its two predecessors, this game is extremely, unabashedly violent, and now that it has graduated to the PlayStation 3, the “God of War” franchise’s violence is being painted on a larger and more detailed canvas than ever thanks to the glories of high definition.
Some might argue that violence in video games is as unavoidable as it is in any other medium of storytelling, from movies all the way back to Shakespeare and beyond. After all, we’re dealing with monsters and Greek deities in “God of War 3;” with cyclops and undead skeleton warriors; and half-man, half-horse centaurs; and sometimes these beasts don’t exactly listen to kind words and reason. No, there are no depictions of puppy dogs in this game, nor any of rainbows, because sometimes a giant Chimera – a deadly combination of snake, goat and lion – can only be stopped by having the horn that was freshly snapped off of its forehead plunged directly into its eye socket. That’s just the way it goes.
Extreme violence in movies is usually overlooked these days, as many of the boo-birds have moved on to the more interactive world of video games. But while “God of War 3” director Stig Asmussen bemoaned the double standard in an interview during the game’s final development stages in 2009, he certainly wasn’t advocating his game as anything that children should be exposed to.
God of War III Review
God Of War III sees cursed anti-hero Kratos, the fallen God Of War, finally getting his bloody revenge against the rest of the Greek gods. The last in the trilogy of action games is the first for the Sony PS3 – and lays out its key features early on.
Kratos opens the game ascending Mount Olympus on the back of a Titan; essentially a moving environment our anti-hero must cling to as he and it are assaulted by their mutual enemies. As opening sequences for games go, it doesn’t get more ludicrously over-the-top than God Of War III. And from there, the game turns it up a notch…
Very soon, Kratos is dividing his time between killing Greek gods in gigantic boss battles, wading through hordes of more standard soldiers with his swords-on-chains swinging every which way and, in the rare moments he’s not covered in gouts of red stuff, he’s solving huge environment puzzles by leaping, swinging and clambering around Olympus and the Titans clambering up it.
By the time the game is over, Kratos will have bathed in the blood of tens of thousands (at a guess) of enemies, brutally eviscerated a heap of gods and clambered up and down through the bowels of a huge mountain.
Along the way, he’ll have gathered up a slew of weapons (at least some of which, unlike previous games, do actually prove useful in different situations). It’s a fairly classic formula, followed closely – with you picking up new abilities or weapons regularly (and mostly after having just bested another god), to keep your interest levels up.
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Microsoft Begging people… What gonna happen next…!!!!
These days Microsoft saying to visitors of their Bing search engine “Please make Bing your homepage” see… yourself
what happened to Microsoft?? are they going that low on visitor or they just don’t want to lose to Google….. or they planning something else…..
soo guyz tell me how you feel about this Microsoft deed…
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