Intel Core i9?

[ShadowCube]

Leaked information has confirmed the arrival of a processor from Intel; i9's. Anyone have thoughts on this mysterious "new" lineup of CPU's?

http://www.pcgamer.com/intel-core-i9...line-in-years/

[Master Butters]

Currently no real point that I can see for a 12 core/24 thread CPU. It would arguably allow for better games to be made and whatnot, but since most AAA games are made with consoles in mind, they are already gimped and a 12 core CPU would do nothing for that.

Probably has a decent use though if you do heavy photo, movie, or music editing. Other than that though, no point at the moment.

[DiBBz]

yeah i dont see the point of this. dont get me wrong tho for programs like cinema 4D or adobe after effects etc etc those processors would be heaven.

but for gaming i dont see the point. seems way to overkill

mostly because games now-a-days (2 years ago or so) are just not pushing more and more into 64bit only and multicore support.

[Ancient]

Considering their reported leak-specs, I doubt the I9 series is for -anyone- but enthusiasts who do a lot of multitasking and/or heavy rendering/video editing.

[Meth]

The only point of the "i9" processor I can understand is that...

Everyone who relatively knows computers has heard of "i3, i5, i7" and generally know the bigger number means better.
i9's are basically a rebrand of Xeon processors in my eyes. I believe this is a marketing scheme to get consumer users to buy high end processors that they don't need. A lot of gamers buy i7 processors just because they *think* they need it. i5's do just as well in 99.9% of games. Adding a fourth skew to the consumer market it going to jazz it up a little bit and in the end sell more processors. Which is the end goal of a retailer...

[KaosC57]

The i9 line is sure to improve the Content Creators speed of creation. Things like Adobe Aftereffects and Cinema4D take a TON of Multithreaded CPU power. And, these will put Xeon level power in the hands of the Consumer for hopefully slightly cheaper prices than a Xeon. But, It's useless to most consumers. The only reason why a normal person would need one is if they were wanting to Render a video AND play a game at the same time. But, you'd also possibly have more PCI-E lanes at hand for something like SLI and a PCI-E M.2 Drive also, so you can take advantage of EATX Motherboards also.

[AOD_Sterben026]

I mean they can make it for designer use etc but as for games na there is no point to have it when you can get cheaper that still will last 4 to 5 years easy

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[Darth01]

hmmm I wonder how this will fare for server usage and virtualization.

[Adapt1ve]

Thre is no point to the I9 but I am building an I9 machine anyway. #PCMASTERRACELYFE

[ShadowCube]

Thre is no point to the I9 but I am building an I9 machine anyway. #PCMASTERRACELYFE

Lol

[ZED]

#PCMASTERRACELYFE

Amen!
Lord Gaben is our savior.

[ZED]

[Sock_o_Sand]

I'ma going to need one of those for Revit and Rhino 3D, lets see if I can persuade the boss to buy one!

[ShadowCube]

AMD's competition code-named "Threadripper" is rumored to start at $849.

[BMoore]

At the moment in the PC gaming world a I9 is definitely not necessary in the slightest. Many of the high performance I7s are overkill on their own for gaming. This processor at its current price point is built for PC enthusiasts and people who do ridiculous amounts of multitasking and rendering. In my un-professional opinion (with this being a gaming community and assuming that's the only thing many of us use our PCs for) I would definitely not recommend it at its current price point at least.


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[RavenSCO]

Entry level i9 coming in at £850.00

[TehCrateOfGoods]

Still woulden't be able to afford it :/, but seems great