Intel's Pat Gelsinger also showcased Intel's DX58SO Extreme Series "SmackOver" motherboard with the new X58 chipset at Monday's event in San Francisco. CRN's Test Center, reviewing the Core i-965 Extreme Edition on the SmackOver board, described "nearly historic levels of improvement over previous generations of processors" from Intel or any other vendor. "Intel's next-generation Nehalem processor lineup is so powerful that it simply destroys previous CPU benchmarks. An early look at the company's new chips shows they have the potential to drive current data center-class performance onto the desktop," wrote CRN Test Center's Brian Sheinberg in his initial Core i7 review.
