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Kentsfield benchmarks on Monday (THW)

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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2006/09/09/preview_kentsfield_processor/

Kentsfield, which industry sources refer to as "Core 2 Quadro," arrived as a 2.67 GHz version with a 266 MHz/1066 MHz FSB. The test engineers were able to adjust the FSB to 1333 MHz - which is still supported by the 975X chipset - and overclock the CPU by about 25%. The benchmarks were conducted with clock speeds ranging from 2.0 GHz to 3.33 GHz.

Kentsfield easily shattered previous benchmarks records and highlighted its horsepower especially in threaded applications such as audio and video processing. The chip was able to set new record levels in traditional benchmarks such as 3DMark 05 and 3DMark 06 as well. Overall, Kentsfield turned out to be about twice as fast as the Pentium EE 965, while consuming about the same power. And while power consumption is up significantly from the Core 2 Extreme, the chip still undercuts the Pentium EE 840.

Tom's Hardware will publish the full article with technical details and the complete benchmark result on Monday, 11 September.
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Not long... :)
 
It is unclear at this time what will happen to the current Core 2 Extreme, which was confirmed by Intel to be available as a 3.2 GHz version by the end of this year. The roadmap does not list such a chip and in fact shows the dual-core Core 2 Extreme to be phasing out by Q1/Q2 of next year.

dual core EE already going out! :p

lucky i didnt get the x6800
 
<maddness> said:
It is unclear at this time what will happen to the current Core 2 Extreme, which was confirmed by Intel to be available as a 3.2 GHz version by the end of this year. The roadmap does not list such a chip and in fact shows the dual-core Core 2 Extreme to be phasing out by Q1/Q2 of next year.

dual core EE already going out! :p

lucky i didnt get the x6800
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Indeed! :D
 
lowrider007 said:
ummmmmmm.................. <heads into Price Checks to ask resale value of X6800>
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Hmmmm, not a lot i'd imagine, probs slightly more than what the E6600s and E6700s will be. If I had the money i'd get Kentsfeild not a Conroe :p
 
While I believe it - I cant understand that move - surely a dual core and a quad core should be aimed at different markets entirely.

Ok so there is a possibility of having a dual cpu dual core setup which is reasonably similar, but certainly nowhere near as ideal (performance, heat and other reasons no doubt also) - not sure about a core2duo dually mobo but am sure some must be planned - but my point is still valid

most pc users have a single core still, anyone bought in the last 6 moths - year will hopefully have got a dual core . Ok so the 1% or whatever fraction of the market which is us hobbyists or whatever have had dual cores for 18 months or so maybe a fraction more - and 90% of us are more than happy with core 2 duo in whatever flavour.

Yes there are a small number of people who need kentsfield, and a lot more who would like it (even though possibly not use it anywhere complletely like Me hahaha) but no one can really say K is a traditional desktop chip - its more for servers and very high end workstations

Also not like Intel to throw possibility of money away lol (by not having an extra "step" in the ladder of cpu progression)
 
Like everything else it's gonna come down to price...... and I can't see them being as affordable as Core 2 Duo..........
 
Damn that is fast, :eek: but as Jaap74 says it comes down to cost. I would really love to get one but the cost is likely to be way out of my league. :(
 
Personally I'd like to see a CPU that has improved performance because it's got a much more efficient design. A CPU that out performs everything on the market today but only runs at say 1Ghz. Not the same old stuff that is only faster because it's had it's speed ramped up or has multiple cores.

Down grade the speed of a current CPU to the original Pentium 60 and see if it's actually more efficient.
 
well i did more or less try something like that,

i reduced the 6600 to 900mhz, did pi in about 59s,
cant remember if i did any other benchies.
 
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