January 21st, 2010
[News] Intel Core i7-980X Crushes 3DMark Vantage World Records
Computer Hardware & Software, News, by brigs.
Intel’s first hexa-core processor for desktop market which will be known as Core i7-980X is expected to arrive in March or April, but the living legend the overclocker Andre Yang has already grabbed one sample and created several 3DMark Vantage world records with it.
With a Core i7-980X CPU clocked at 5.9GHz, together with four Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, Andre Yang brought the performance to a brand-new level.

Andre Yang setup rig
Since the processor hasn’t been released yet, the results were removed by FutureMark soon. However, we can still tell that the chip promises great overclocking capabilities.














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