hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:43:50
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Skulltrail. Even the name sounds mean. If you havent heard the codename before now then we have a treat in store for you today. Skulltrail is a high end desktop PC platform based on Xeon class workstation processors. How does Dual Cpu, 8 Cores, four g...
Those of you who read our Intel V8 Platform analysis last year will already be aware that Intels new Skulltrail configuration shares many of the same characteristics. Performance of the new platform is exceptionally high when you study the processing...
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Both V8 and Skulltrail use workstation motherboards that can take two quad-core Xeon processors. In the case of V8, it’s an S5000XVN, while Skulltrail uses the new D5400XS board, but it’s clear that the use of Xeon processors and FB-DIMM memor...
As a technology showcase there’s no denying that Skulltrail is compelling. But just like that other skull, the diamond encrusted one by Damien Hirst, you can look without feeling any need to buy. Weve rated Skulltrail at 70 per cent, but you can bre...
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tomshardware.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 15:45:02
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Among computer enthusiasts, there is no such thing as too much performance. With regard to the review sample we received from Intel, we can honestly say that no other system that has passed through our lab has ever provided this much performance. In o...
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custompc.co.uk Updated:
2011-07-31 15:45:11
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Many enthusiasts have been waiting a long time for Intel and Nvidia to resolve their differences, and release a motherboard based on an Intel chipset that supports SLI. However, others have waited longer for Intel to release an easily overclockable du...
Many enthusiasts have been waiting a long time for Intel and Nvidia to resolve their differences, and release a motherboard based on an Intel chipset that supports SLI. However, others have waited longer for Intel to release an easily overclockable du...
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atomicmpc.com.au Updated:
2011-11-07 18:14:22
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Packing two QX9775 processors, the socket 771 cousins of the socket 775 QX9770, the Skulltrail platform is a dual socket enthusiast solution, featuring two 3.2GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme quad core processors based on the 45nm manufacturing process. If uti...
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Ultra-keen gamers and developers will appreciate the Skulltrails ability to run either SLI or CrossFire configurations on the same platform, while users who run multithreaded software will love the 8-core CPU support.
Can run dual-quad-core CPUs, can run either SLI or CrossFire graphics configurations...
Large board, power-hungry, requires the latest Core 2 Extreme or Xeon CPUs to run The Final Word Ultra-keen gamers and developers will appreciate the Skulltrails ability to run either SLI or CrossFire configurations on the same platform, while users w...
Ultra-keen gamers and developers will appreciate the Skulltrails ability to run either SLI or CrossFire configurations on the same platform, while users who run multithreaded software will love the 8-core CPU support.
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impulsegamer.com Updated:
2014-03-21 01:27:32
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8.5Intel continue to be revolutionaries in the world of computers with their latest endeavour code named "Skulltrail" within the organisation which targets the gaming power user. What sets the SKulltrail apart from its competitors and predecessors is t...
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8.5Intel continue to be revolutionaries in the world of computers with their latest endeavour code named "Skulltrail" within the organisation which targets the gaming power user. What sets the SKulltrail apart from its competitors and predecessors is t...
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madshrimps.be Updated:
2011-07-31 15:43:09
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What has gotten into Intel to redesign a server motherboard to be fully compatible with AMD-Atis CrossFire and Nvidias Sli? Their processor line-up is already beating the competition and the high-end cpus are mostly quite pricy. Two expensive cpus...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:43:22
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 & D5400XS D5400XS Retail price unavailable at press time Dual Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 $1,499 Intel www.intel.com CPUs: 4 This year is shaping up to be the year of eights. Just last month, CPU reviewed AMD’s flagship P...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:43:27
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Aggressive promotion of multi-core ideology has evidently stimulated increased interest in dual-processor desktop systems on the users’ as well as on the manufacturers’ part. The thing is that the launch of dual-core and quad-core processors p...
No one will argue that Intel Skulltrail platform can set the performance in certain applications to a totally new level thanks to 8 processor cores. However, as our tests showed, there are still very few applications like that. Among them are the ones...
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gamepyre.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:01
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Intel has been on a major campaign to take-back all of the market shares they previously lost to AMD in the last few years and the word wow comes to mind when you the changes they have made. Intel is now dominating all platforms, entry...
At this point the system is a mixed bag of high performance as the drivers are very immature and improvements surely will come in later releases. As much as I want to say wow about the entire event, I am still left wishing that things like CrossFireX...
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tomshardware.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:06
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Intels Skulltrail platform sports 8 cores running at 4 GHz each and uses a quad-core memory interface. Developed out of fear of AMDs Phenom, Intels fastest hardware meets underdeveloped software.
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When AMD launched the QuadFX system it got Intel pondering the thought of a high-end desktop PC platform based on workstation-class chips. Intel responded just two months later and showed off the V8 test system with eight cores of processing power!...
Skulltrail was rightly named as it came out just after AMD killed the QuadFX enthusiast series and it continues the V8 legacy by being the fastest platform on the planet!...
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Bootdaily.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:29
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I’d love to sit here and tell you that gaming needs eight cores, but the truth is in the numbers – developers really need to start cranking out game patches to take advantage of as many cores as possible. The long-term success of more th...
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pcgameshardware.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:39
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Eight cores and eight Gibibyte of memory: Is that combination any worth getting for gamers or does it belong to a computer center? Skulltrail: Intels D5400XS featues two CPU sockets and four video card slots - more pictures can be found in the galle...
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Theinquirer.net Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:44
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AMD WAS the first to push the idea of dual-socket high-end PCs using optimised flavours of its workstation/server platforms, with the 4x4 QuadFather units late in 2006. An answer to Intel's quad-core rollout then, 4x4 - two times dual-core setup based...
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Intel has been on a major campaign to take-back all of the market shares they previously lost to AMD in the last few years and the word wow comes to mind when you the changes they have made. Intel is now dominating all platforms, entry, mid, and high-e...
At this point the system is a mixed bag of high performance as the drivers are very immature and improvements surely will come in later releases. As much as I want to say wow about the entire event, I am still left wishing that things like CrossFireX a...
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Were not sure who thinks up these names. It brings to mind visions of worlds where dark mages do battle with Paladins for world domination. Maybe thats what had in mind when they came up with the name. In reality, Skulltrail is more of a workaholic...
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sharkyextreme.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:44:58
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It is safe to say that the single-core processor is on life support, if not in the casket waiting for an official burial. Dual core is now the entry-level and quad core is the new mainstream performance solution. The Phenom 9500 and 9600 are very inex...
Superior Media Encoding Results, Exceptional Multithreading Performance, Xeon LGA771 Upgradeable, ATI CrossFire NVIDIA SLI, More DesktopFriendly than Xeon Workstation Solutions...
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The upcoming Intel Skulltrail platform release certainly gives enthusiasts another performance option, and offers the fastest desktop that money can buy. And it will take a significant investment to get on the Skulltrail, as well as opening up your wa...
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Intels Skulltrail platform has lead a very public and outspoken, yet short, life. Our first official coverage of Intels Skulltrail platform came in April of 2007 at Spring IDF though rumors had been swirling about it for some time before that. At...
Skulltrail is an incredibly interesting product from a technological point of view and any enthusiast would surely salivate at the idea of pairing up two of Intels powerful quad-core processors with SLI or CrossFire graphics. The problem is that sam...
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Note: Be sure not to miss our "Building an Affordable Skulltrail" article! "High-end". What does that phrase mean to you? To many, the term represents products that are the top of its class, something that bleeds excellence. It doesnt matter what par...
As mentioned in the intro, Skulltrail is designed for a few different crowds - the main being the ultimate multi-tasker. Its true, equipped with such a rig is guaranteed to offer the absolute best multi-tasking experience on the market, theres no ar...
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hothardware.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:45:29
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Intel started slowly leaking information about an ultra high-end enthusiast platform dubbed Skulltrail at right about the same time that AMD’s now defunct QuadFX platform was set to be released. Over time we learned that Skulltrail, like QuadFX, wo...
It is very easy to summarize Skulltrail’s performance. Due to the system’s relatively high-clock speeds and eight processor cores, Skulltrail significantly outperforms every other platform in multi-threaded applications that can utilize all o...
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firingsquad.com Updated:
2011-07-31 15:45:35
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Intel Skulltrail Hands-On Performance PreviewYou’re not a tech geek unless you’ve seen the movie Sneakers at some point in your life. In this geeky version of Ocean’s 11 from 1992, director Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams) and...
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Intel is going to be making a bigger push at gamers & enthusiast PC consumers with the launch of their Penryn processors combined with the imminent "Skulltrail" platform. The Skulltrail platform is built-around server-class hardware reconfigured for...
Dang .. two physical processors, with a total of eight logical processors available in a consumer PC; well it surely doesnt suck. The intense sheer power you have at your disposal once an application indeed can take advantage of all the computing mad...
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Skulltrail. If you hang around these parts, youve been hearing that codename bandied about for the better part of a year now. Not only does it have the distinction of being, quite probably, the single coolest codename known to all of geekdom, but its...
If you came into this review expecting that Skulltrails "more is better" approach would yield consistent performance dividends across a broad range of applications, you may be disappointed to find that this systems eight fast CPU cores cant always o...
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