With a big GPU and DX11 that might be true.
But with a more modest GPU and DX12/Vulkan things should be a lot better.
According to passmark, E2670 has around the same (actually slightly higher) single thread as a FX-9370:
E5 2670: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2670+@+2.60GHz (12517 MT, 1625 ST)
FX-9370: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-9370+Eight-Core (9537 MT, 1609 ST)
I expect that's when you're only loading a single thread, and turbo is taking that one core up to 3.3ghz. 3.3ghz is ~27% higher than the 2.6ghz you're likely to get when you have a couple of threads lightly loaded.
3300 MHz (1 or 2 cores)
3200 MHz (3 or 4 cores)
3100 MHz (5 or 6 cores)
3000 MHz (7 or 8 cores)
With a big GPU and DX11 that might be true.
But with a more modest GPU and DX12/Vulkan things should be a lot better.
Who would spend $200+ on a motherboard and $70 on a CPU to pair it with a modest GPU and hope DX12 improves scaling? For the same kind of money you could pick up a B150M motherboard and i5-6500, which would certainly be a better gaming computer in that price range.
You forgot the fact that if ou run a datacenter with thousands of these cpus you need to cool it. And the cost saved on cooling adds up quickly.
AFAIK there are plans (or already built by now, don't really know) for datacenters which use the generated heat for heating houses in winter.
you have the most pie in the sky ideas of anyone here. i gotta hand it to you for your persistence. not gonna happen though, intel likely doesn't sell chipsets for much above cost, and probably moved that fab onto something else (x79 was 65 nm, that equipment has probably been sold or scrapped). a re-release isn't economically feasible.$200 is too much for a new X79 motherboard when new X99 can be found for less.
What we need to happen is for Intel to re-release X79 (silently) so new LGA 2011 boards would be much less than $200.
This allow Intel to fill the slow "more core" niche without killing AMD (re: AMD would still have OEM and Boutique builder sales at the very minumum plus any DIYers who are not interested in used processors) in the way that releasing a consumer version of Xeon-D would not.
Also by not releasing a consumer Xeon-D chip for the "more core" consumer niche, Intel would have more capacity to fulfill 14nm server needs.
$200 is too much for a new X79 motherboard when new X99 can be found for less.
What we need to happen is for Intel to re-release X79 (silently) so new LGA 2011 boards would be much less than $200.
This would allow Intel to fill the slow "more core" niche without killing AMD (re: AMD would still have OEM and Boutique builder sales at the very minumum plus any DIYers who are not interested in used processors) in the way that releasing a consumer (ie, higher clocked) version of Xeon-D would not.
Also by not releasing a consumer Xeon-D chip for the "more core" consumer niche, Intel would have more capacity to fulfill 14nm server needs.
Why would Intel want to ramp up production on X79 chipsets to sell them at close to cost
(x79 was 65 nm, that equipment has probably been sold or scrapped). a re-release isn't economically feasible.
We expect initial production of the 3D NAND technology in Dalian in the second half of 2016.
We have a long term plan for this facility and may invest up to $5.5 billion over the coming years
to transition this site to support leading edge non volatile memory production. The Intel Dalian facility
has been in operation since 2010, producing 65 nanometer products for Intel.
The alternative is that budget gamers buy a new chipset and Skylake processor, which moves units for Intel as opposed to second hand eBay sellers.
No new X79 coming anymore than new X58 chipsets. Intel wants it that way. Anybody can't see that? .. keep dreaming..
What does intel do? hmmmm, oh wait.. sells CHIPS! Hmmm, if i were intel I'd go back into production on antique chips to help the little guy, so he can use up industry waste, or prevent him from buying our new products.. Makes perfect sense! You don't need a business degree to see that!
Click your heels.. It'll all come true..
It takes more than clicking heels. It takes community support.
Even if you don't like the idea of using E5 2670 (or some other locked Xeon) yourself just think of all the untapped (laptop/phone only) people that could by brought into the PC gaming/enthusiast desktop area that Intel wouldn't have got by ignoring E5 2600 and E5 2600 v2.