Not sure if you lot saw this, but its starting too hot up now...
Intel Core 2 Duo Reviews Ahoy !
Posted by: Perkam on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 05:44 AM
Intel has finally decided to make Conroe Launch official and though retail availability may be a few days away, the reviews for Intel’s next processor architecture, the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme, internally known as Conroe, have been pouring in all day. With a constantly updated listing of all official Conroe reviews, you can view benchmarks, voice your opinion, or find links to the reviews in alphabetical order on the XtremeSystems Forums.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104147
I find this interesting....
Core 2 Extreme is not truly "unlocked". Officially (per the BIOS Writers Guide), it is "a frequency limited processor with additional support for ratio overrides higher than the maximum Intel-tested bus-to-core ratio." Currently, that max tested ratio is 11:1 (aka 2.93G @ 1066 FSB). The min ratio is 6:1. However, do note that the Core 2 Extreme will boot at 2.93G unlike prior generation XE processors which booted to the lowest possible ratio and had to be "cranked up" to the performance ratio.
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Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 didn't lose a single benchmark in our comparison; not a single one. In many cases, the $183 Core 2 Duo E6300 actually outperformed Intel's previous champ: the Pentium Extreme Edition 965. In one day, Intel has made its entire Pentium D lineup of processors obsolete. Intel's Core 2 processors offer the sort of next-generation micro-architecture performance leap that we honestly haven't seen from Intel since the introduction of the P6.
Wow...... just wow.
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Overclockers UK is listing the chips on pre-order, starting at £152 for the E6300. The Core 2 Duo E6400 comes in at £182 including VAT - we think that this represents excellent value for money. Having said that, the Core 2 Duo E6600 represents great value, too. At £252 including VAT, it is marginally more expensive than the Athlon 64 X2 4600+, but the performance delivered by it is in a completely different league altogether. Meanwhile the Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme are on pre-order for £411 and £775 respectively.
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Conroes gonna punch us all in the face... HARD!!!
Intel Core 2 Duo Reviews Ahoy !
Posted by: Perkam on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 05:44 AM
Intel has finally decided to make Conroe Launch official and though retail availability may be a few days away, the reviews for Intel’s next processor architecture, the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme, internally known as Conroe, have been pouring in all day. With a constantly updated listing of all official Conroe reviews, you can view benchmarks, voice your opinion, or find links to the reviews in alphabetical order on the XtremeSystems Forums.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104147
I find this interesting....
Core 2 Extreme is not truly "unlocked". Officially (per the BIOS Writers Guide), it is "a frequency limited processor with additional support for ratio overrides higher than the maximum Intel-tested bus-to-core ratio." Currently, that max tested ratio is 11:1 (aka 2.93G @ 1066 FSB). The min ratio is 6:1. However, do note that the Core 2 Extreme will boot at 2.93G unlike prior generation XE processors which booted to the lowest possible ratio and had to be "cranked up" to the performance ratio.
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Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 didn't lose a single benchmark in our comparison; not a single one. In many cases, the $183 Core 2 Duo E6300 actually outperformed Intel's previous champ: the Pentium Extreme Edition 965. In one day, Intel has made its entire Pentium D lineup of processors obsolete. Intel's Core 2 processors offer the sort of next-generation micro-architecture performance leap that we honestly haven't seen from Intel since the introduction of the P6.
Wow...... just wow.
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Overclockers UK is listing the chips on pre-order, starting at £152 for the E6300. The Core 2 Duo E6400 comes in at £182 including VAT - we think that this represents excellent value for money. Having said that, the Core 2 Duo E6600 represents great value, too. At £252 including VAT, it is marginally more expensive than the Athlon 64 X2 4600+, but the performance delivered by it is in a completely different league altogether. Meanwhile the Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme are on pre-order for £411 and £775 respectively.
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Conroes gonna punch us all in the face... HARD!!!
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