http://www.computershopper.co.uk/?ne...y.php?id=69685
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Seems they aren't much to get excited over...not sure on the authenticity of this review but a quick google found
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050202-4573.html
Both arstechnica and x86-secret are respected sites - you can probably trust then to be honest.
How do these compare to amd 64's?
Edit : After reading arstechnica link, the french x86-secrets called "an enormous disappointment"
that sums it up for me
Intel once again leading the way in innovation in the technical world. What will they think of next?! Perhaps, dare I say something as bold as onboard memory controller?
I didn’t over play the sarcasm did I? Gosh I hope not.
;)
I am actually happy to see this.
HEXUS tbh: http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xMDA3
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it's that 64-bit ability of Prescott-2M that's its main selling point, rather than any performance to be gained by the double-sized L2 cache, compared to Prescott-1M. I missed out gaming performance since I honestly couldn't find a game that really enjoyed the 2MiB that the 6-series or 3.73GHz XE had. While I could show gaming scaling with the XE, that was due to bus speed increases and the 3.46GHz Gallatin-2M was often faster. The working set of most games simply doesn't care for much more than 1MiB or so of on-CPU memory.
So while it's nice that it's there, it generally doesn't do much. Factor the bigger L2 out of the equation while comparing to the 5-series chips and you're swapping 200MHz core frequency for EIST and other power and heat management schemes, the enabled 64-bit ability and the NX bit capabilities.
I think this is definately something to fill the gap, which is slightly stupid, but I'd imagine with all the AMD64 hype, its a necessary step...
I want! :devilish:Quote:
This chip runs at 3.73GHz and is equipped with a 1066MHz bus. It does cost a hefty $999 in quantities of 1000 though.
imagine an overclocked dual 64-bit mobo, with each processor having hyper-threading or hyper-transport each dual core. yum yum. :)
lol, do you enjoy teasing an Intel Fanboy!?!?!?! ;)