Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Well that article you lined Henk, would make one think Devil's Canyon will work on Z87, as it says it's a special 4th Gen Unlocked CPU.
MarshallR@ASUS wrote:
At this pre-launch stage I'm being told it won't be, but that could change.
It is kind of strange to put it mildly. The way the part about the Devil's Canyon was written:
From Intel: At a media event today at the Game Developers Conference, Intel previewed a special unlocked 4th gen Intel® Core™ processor code-named "Devil's Canyon." Due in mid-2014, it includes improved thermal interface and CPU packaging materials that are expected to enable significant enhancements to performance and overclocking capabilities.
This suggests that it would be 4th gen, not excluding anything. I read elsewhere that this is a product for the Enthusiasts looking for better OC since the thermal interface was far from perfect...
But it would be really sad if that would be only for the Z97. Bit like a kind of consolation price: "Look an improved CPU specially for you "Overclocking dudes" including ........................ a new motherboard*.
*at your own expense.
Well I remember 1 off the first marketing/economic studies I followed: Dealing about: open vs closed markets. One thing (I think it was Kottler) that really made me look and think differently was his remark about Monopolies... Which Intel in essence is (looking at top range products at least): monopolies are a killer for the free market, as no longer competition is a real issue, companies tend to turn there scope from outside to inside = maximizing profits, keeping board of directors happy and the stock holders. The customer has become a mean instead of an end. Famous quote from Philip Kottler from his book Marketing 3.0: “If you talked to people the way advertising talks to people, they’d punch you in the face”. That says it all IMHO.
