Skulltrail - When will it be released?

[Jacez44]

Should I be waiting for this new X38 + SLi platform or not?

 

[MetalDwarf]

dual socket
plus dual Q6600
plus SLI

 

[Jacez44]

Not Q6600.
It doesn't support any of the current CPUs..

 

[abcdelight]

Skulltrail is suppossed to be out at the end of the year last I read. Bonetrail is due out 23rd of September maybe since that's the date I see for Intel's X38 release.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-039-s-X38-Express-Chipset-Is-Ready-62908.shtml

I was reading yesterday Penryn is out in Nov.

 

[Jacez44]

But BoneTrail won't have SLi support

And it's not Penryn that will be out in November, it's only the top-end Yorkfield.
The rest of us will have to wait till Janurary 2008.

 

[LordGardenGnome]

Skull trail boards are socket 771 uses the desktop chip in the server socket for extreme enthusiast so that people don't get confused on what chips to use....according to an article

 

[ASIA911]

Not Q6600.
It doesn't support any of the current CPUs..

Where did you get that info?

 

[ASIA911]

Skull trail boards are socket 771 uses the desktop chip in the server socket for extreme enthusiast so that people don't get confused on what chips to use....according to an article

I think you are confusing it with the Xeon board. I have not run across any article(s) saying Skulltrail is 771. Link please?

 

[darkjedi]

From the article linked on the HardOCP main page....

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=457

Quote from middle of first page... currently running 771 procs

"Here is the inside of a typical Skulltrail platform system: two Yorkfield processors (though they are in Xeon packaging with a 771-pin out configuration), 4GB of FB-DIMM memory, a motherboard based on Intel's Seaburg chipset and two NVIDIA G80 graphics cards. As I talked about yesterday, these motherboards will support NVIDIA SLI technology courtesy of a one-time deal and an NVIDIA MCP on the motherboard to boot."

 

[ASIA911]

That's totally suck. So pretty much we definitly have to buy a new cpu(2) to go with it and a DDR3 ram? I already see $2500 right there.

Ok, seems like Skulltrail is picking up steam. Here's another article http://techgage.com/article/idf_07_sf_skulltrail_-_high-end_has_new_meaning/

 

[Jacez44]

From the article linked on the HardOCP main page....

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=457

Quote from middle of first page... currently running 771 procs

"Here is the inside of a typical Skulltrail platform system: two Yorkfield processors (though they are in Xeon packaging with a 771-pin out configuration), 4GB of FB-DIMM memory, a motherboard based on Intel's Seaburg chipset and two NVIDIA G80 graphics cards. As I talked about yesterday, these motherboards will support NVIDIA SLI technology courtesy of a one-time deal and an NVIDIA MCP on the motherboard to boot."

No, I'm pretty sure that's a mistake.
They specifically said that at the hearing that it were two LGA775 chips, and then wrote that even though it's socket LGA775, current chips like the Q6600 and QX6700 cannot be installed in a dual-CPU mesh.

 

[BillParrish]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3105&p=2

 

[Jacez44]

Ouch.

Well, 680i/790i it is!

 

[cugine]

"SLI capabilities are achieved with an on-board NVIDIA MCP100 switch, without the use of an actual NVIDIA-designed chipset."

Does this cause a hit in performance/stability?

 

[ND40oz]

I doubt it will provided the drivers are good. I haven't had any problems with the nVidia switch chip and my 5000x board in my Precision except for getting Vista drivers.

Still think it's going to be better just to use a Seaburg board with 5355s or Penryns when they're released. This seems to lock you into using special processors, just like AMDs current 4x4, unless of course Xeons work in these sockets too.

 

[FRAGizm]

So wait, Skulltrail can support the QX6950s right?