Intel Core i7 and X58 experience?

[mahuyar]

Now that they are out, please post your experience with Intel Core i7 CPU and X58 chipset. I am wondering if anyone has installed Linux(any distro, in general) on this new platform.

Of course, a thorough review from Phoronix would be ideal.

A bit OT: In the kernel config, there is an option to choose "Core 2" for Core 2 Duo processors. Anyone knows of any new options regarding Core i7?

[Starclopsofish]

I'm also very interested in Linux compatability on X58 platform. Recently making the decision to move to 100% Linux, I was very dissapointed to find that my board (Foxconn 590) is a royal pain in the arse to install Linux on. (Not to mention lack of ethernet.)

I've been looking at this Gigabyte board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128362 but can't find a single iota of compatability info on the net.

[Michael]

We hope to have some Core i7 / motherboard reviews out soon...

[mahuyar]

We hope to have some Core i7 / motherboard reviews out soon...

If possible, can we get some heads-up on which boards the reviews will be on? I am particularly interested in EVGA's X58 board.

[RealNC]

The news is out. The I7 chips have a bug. It's the same bug that cost AMD reputation and trust loss with their K10 chips.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Core+I7+T.L.B.+bug&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

I'm glad I didn't buy one yet

[mahuyar]

The news is out. The I7 chips have a bug. It's the same bug that cost AMD reputation and trust loss with their K10 chips.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Core+I7+T.L.B.+bug&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

I'm glad I didn't buy one yet

Do you guys think that this bug can be easily circumvented at the BIOS/kernel level?

[deanjo]

Do you guys think that this bug can be easily circumvented at the BIOS/kernel level?

Sure, the same way it was worked around with the original Phenoms. The question being how bad is the performance hit by doing so.

[Xanikseo]

The first link on the above google search says:

Furthermore, a quick search on Google will show you this errata is not only in the Core i7 processor but in various other Intel chips, including Core 2, Atom, Celeron, Pentium Dual-Core and Xeon series processors. We'll keep you updated about this issue but IMO this is nothing more than crying wolf.

I've never heard of TLB before now, but why is everyone going crazy over it if it's been on Intel's processors for years? Every processor has bugs...

Here's an interesting post http://forums.vr-zone.com/showpost.p...40&postcount=6 about the problems which Core 2 suffered. With a quote from linus!

EDIT: And it turns out it has already been fixed, before the release. It seems this only became a problem because Intel kept it secret.

[joffe]

The news is out. The I7 chips have a bug. It's the same bug that cost AMD reputation and trust loss with their K10 chips.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Core+I7+T.L.B.+bug&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

I'm glad I didn't buy one yet

Pure bullshit from Fudzilla again. Never trust anything from that site 100%. If there's a news drought Fuad will go and find something and call it news, nevermind that it's proven to be crap later.

Firstly, all chips have erratas. Bugs that don't show up in actual use. These are documented by the chip makers.

Secondly, this one was even fixed in an old revision long before release.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15979

I think it's awestriking that people still take anything from that guy seriously.

On another note, I have an i7 here, might try a liveCD or something.. It's my gaming PC so it has Windows on it. Linux is for my laptop.

[Starclopsofish]

Pure bullshit from Fudzilla again. Never trust anything from that site 100%. If there's a news drought Fuad will go and find something and call it news, nevermind that it's proven to be crap later.

Firstly, all chips have erratas. Bugs that don't show up in actual use. These are documented by the chip makers.

Secondly, this one was even fixed in an old revision long before release.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15979

I think it's awestriking that people still take anything from that guy seriously.

On another note, I have an i7 here, might try a liveCD or something.. It's my gaming PC so it has Windows on it. Linux is for my laptop.

Which motherboard are you using? If you could give Linux a whirl on it, that would be awesome.