So comon with the 2011, 4960 x allready been floging my QX9770 long enough , im ready to upgrade and another Extreme Edition is the way to go..
Aye, HEDT chips (Core i7) have the 2 (or 3) QPI's fused off. Xeon processors are required for 2P and 4P deployment.GhostRyder, they would have to be server chips to get 2 working or has intel decided to allow the desktop variants to interconnect. that would be cool ,but I would be utterly surprise if they did that. I remember SR2 needed to be server chips.. to run a pair together..
Ya I "ve been an extreme edition user since the PentiumD 840 EE,then the C2D x6800 'then QX6850 ,last was The QX 9770,in 07 I think, been a while just got 16 gig Domintor GT working in the 790I Ultra last year ,skipped all of the i7"s ,untill now, ,Got an ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme ,almost bought the 3970 x untill the sudden release of Haswell.. so I'll do another shutdown or 2 give Intel a chance to get it out .and maybe a pair of TiTans, picking up my second 16 gig of 2133 Dominator GT on Tuesday and a Corsair Obsidian case,on a clearance sale. should be good for another 5 or 6 years happy Camping..lol
As usual, the game benchmarks are backwards. Most gamers will first set a goal range for playable frame rates for a given game and then adjust graphics quality up to the maximum possible for that fps goal. A person who is playing a game with the hardware they have will adjust quality down to keep the game playable. So, a better comparison would be what graphics settings are possible for a given goal.
Of course fps is a convenient number to compare but it is meaningless for very low or very high fps since the user will adjust quality in the real world to bring fps within a useful range. The type of game will make a difference as to what fps is playable but most consider between 30 and 60 fps to be good for games with fast paced action.
So, if integrated graphics are able to get 30 fps at even low quality and resolution settings this is impressive and may be good enough for some casual gamers. Of course if they get hooked on games they are likely to upgrade to discrete graphics in order to increase quality.
When a review claims a game to be unplayable with integrated graphics some readers may assume this to be the case regardless of settings. However, with the current generation of mid range integrated intel graphics it is clear that it is at least capable of running most if not all current popular games at minimum or better quality and resolution which is a large improvement from the past. In the much older GMA series for example many games were simply unplayable regardless of settings. The fact that modern games can actually be played at reasonable fps by sacrificing quality with integrated graphics means that most new computers will be capable of playing games with limitations even before adding a discrete graphics card. Being able to play a game at minimum or low graphics is vastly superior to not being able to play the game at all.
This is a major accomplishment by both intel and AMD. Modern integrated graphics should get respect for accomplishing the role of capable baseline graphics for any use, including games.