A look at the Intel V8 Media Creation Platform

Jun 14 2007, 10:05am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hothardware had access to Intel's V8 monster workstation (two Quad-Core Xeon processors) that the company showed at the CES 2007 and put it through the paces.

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"It was at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that we were first exposed to an Intel demo machine dubbed the ' V8' . Intel wouldn't label the machine as a direct response to the QuadFX platform by AMD, but they did want to stress the point that enthusiasts could have a dual-socket, eight-core, Intel powered machine today if they went with a workstation platform. At the heart of the V8 machine were two quad-core Xeon processors, a dual-socket S5000XVN motherboard, and 4GB of RAM. No doubt a powerful system. But there was only so much Intel could convey in a 'quick and dirty' demo. To assess the true power and capabilities of V8, we'd have to gain unfettered access to the machine and put it through its paces on our own terms and with our own suite of benchmarks. And that's exactly what we've done. Head on over to the site and check it out…"
Read the full review on HotHardware.

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