What is a itainium processor for and why is it sooo expensive

[AMD AMD !!]

I was just wonderind because they have so low clock speeds and seem to have a different archetecture to other chips

 

[Dav0s]

i have nooo idea what an itainium processor is.

where did you hear about it?

 

[dude_1885]

i've heard bout them, they "aparantly" have a more efficient core that makes them run a lot cooler, and i think that u are suposed to run them in pairs...to make up the power...

 

[FragTek]

Itanium is one of Intels server proccies, and I think it may run 12 operations per second, thus the low clock speed and high price tag.

 

[FarFarAway]

Here's a quick article I read the other day on this chip.

Sounds like an absolute beast but not doing so well atm

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2598

 

[FragTek]

I wouldn't mind a quad-core Itanium I bet that'll cost a pretty freakin' penny!

What I'm more patiently waiting for is the quad core Opteron! pwwwwwwwwwnage it shall be!

 

[AMD AMD !!]

Thanks for all the replys !!

But I dont get it wouldn't a opteron be better than a $6000 itanium because I dont really see the point what is the chip used for scientific reasurch and would it be a quick caculator for equations etc and would it be good for gaming

 

[FarFarAway]

No it won't be good for gaming and why would you buy a $6000 dollar chip :crazy:

Get a dual core opteron, and X2 or a single core opteron or even a San Diego

And now stop asking stupid questions and read the article