17.03.2010 21:50 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

EVGA Classified SR-2 fits two 980X CPUs for 24 threads, exemplifies overkill

Remember EVGA's seven-GPU motherboard monstrosity, the W555? That experimental beast of a board just got declassified -- and given immediate launch orders. Under the new "Classified SR-2" callsign, the board's layout has hardly changed since CES (though the heatsinks certainly got a makeover) but the big news here is that each of its two CPU sockets will support that fancy new Intel Core i7-980X six-core processor. As you're well aware, two times six is twelve -- and since each of the i7-980X's cores can handle 12 threads, you're looking at the basis for a 24-threaded powerhouse for mondo multitasking performance. Factor in

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