INTEL TECHNOLOGIES

SHOP FOR A INTEL E6750 CORE 2 DUO 1333MHZ FSB PROCESSOR HERE

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:02:00 +0000

INTEL CORPORATE PROFILE

For more than three decades, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971. Today, Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products. These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems. Intel's mission is to be the preeminent building block supplier to the Internet economy.

PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:01:00 +0000

With Intel's introduction of its Core 2 Duo processor line, many people claim that Intel launched itself back into the processor race that it was losing at the time. Every new Core 2 Duo introduction saw increases in front side bus, internal cache size and the introduction of more features to further improve an already fast processor for the money. In almost every overclocker or enthusiast corner of the internet, more often than not, this line of processors is at the forefront of what tweakers are working on to make even faster. Core 2 Duo's are known for their excellent overclocking potential without having to increase the processor voltage. In some cases, people have had better luck undervolting these processors and thus unlocking even more speed by reducing overall cpu running temperature and increasing benchmarking stability.
The E6750 processor being reviewed today is not out to show any major improvements or to smash the results people have been enjoying with the E6700, but it is more a baby step into introducing a 1333Mhz FSB for increased processor to memory performance. Don't get me wrong, I do expect a measurable increase with the 267Mhz FSB improvement, but it won't be anything that will have E6700 owners upgrading the processor and also their motherboard for.
For the 1333Mhz upgrade, you will need a motherboard that supports the new processor FSB standard and at this time that is limited to the Intel P35 and the Nvidia 680i SLI motherboard chipsets. Both are arguably equivalent in terms of performance, but the Intel P35 does hold the edge seeing it does support DDR3. The Nvidia 680i SLI only supports DDR2 but from what I have been seeing, DDR3 isn't developing to be the DDR2 killer it was meant to be. It is not the DDR3's speed holding it back, it is the latency timings that are stopping the system from taking advantage of the bandwidth.
So is the E6750 the processor you should be targeting for your next complete upgrade, through the upcoming pages you should get the benchmarks to prove my point.

Intel designs 45 nanometres wide processor ‘Penryn’

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:53:00 +0000

In an age of microchips, Intel and IBM have come up with another wonder, the 45 nm processors. It is a tiny giant in the sense that this new Intel processor microchip, which is half the size of a postage stamp, is capable of containing 400 million transistors in it.
The 45 nanometres (billionths of a metre) wide processor has been given the code name of ‘Penryn’. Penryn is similar to the current processors as regards its availability in dual-core and quad-core versions.
Specifications about Penryn have not yet been revealed by Intel in details, however, this could be known that Penryn will feature increased L2 cache size and Streaming SIMD4 (SSE4) extensions. This change, according to Intel has been effected to increase the speed of media applications. Though at this stage any other architectural enhancement is not known about, yet reports have it that some other thermal improvements have been made.
The 45 nanometres wide processor Penryn will enable to make the transistors become much smaller in size, which in turn would double the total number of transistors in a particular space. As regards the speed, it was claimed that Penryn will be 20 percent faster than its predecessor, which indirectly means increase of efficiency. Further, this processor will help to curb power leakage by at least 80 percent. So Penryn in a nutshell means a package of benefits.

Intel® Processor Numbers

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:27:00 +0000

Intel® Core™ processors

Processor numbers for the Intel® Core™2 family and Intel® Core™ Duo and Solo brands are categorized in 4-digit numerical sequences with an alphabetical prefix.This five character identifier captures the power and performance class and features of Intel® Core™ processors. The letter prefix indicates the power and performance class

Processor numbers for the Intel® Core™ i7 processors are categorized in three digit numerical sequences, preceded by the i7 identifier.

A higher number within a processor class or family generally indicates more features, including:
· Cache
· Clock speed
· Front Side Bus
· Intel® QuickPath Interconnect Speed
· New Instructions
· Other Intel® technologies¹
Note that a higher number processor may have more of one feature and less of another

Searching for the best intel uATX motherboard intel rumors and other intel joy

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Rumor has it that intel will cut the price on the quad-core "Kentsfield" Q6600 processor to $266 around July. The link is in Chinese, look at the image halfway down the page (the image is in English).If true, that could be the hot (no pun intended) seller of the summer. I think I'll hold off on buying a Core 2 Duo for now. Also, don't forget that intel is expected to induce price drops to the Core 2 line on April 22nd...the above mentioned Q6600 should be dropping to $530, currently $851.Last summer the local Fry's Electronics had a bundle consisting of a Pentium D 930 (dual-core 3 GHz Pentium 4) and a low-end ECS motherboard for $169. The processor alone was retailing for more then $169 so I snapped it up. It had been working fine but one of the drawbacks of the included "better then free" motherboard was that it did not support dual-channel mode for the RAM. The memory performance was absolutely horrible, with single channel DDR-400 RAM it benchmarked worse then a Athlon XP 1600+ and not that much better then a Pentium III combined with SDRAM! This past weekend I decided to upgrade to a better motherboard, one that could also provide future support for a Core 2 Duo or Quad as well as better memory performance. My case only supports micro ATX motherboards and at first I did not realize how limited my options were. With the idea for overclocking in mind the best motherboard I could find was the

Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:19:00 +0000

The GA-965GM-S2 is centered around the intel Express G965 chipset, featuring four SATA 3.0 connectors and one PATA connector for legacy optical drives. Gigabyte adds their own SATA 3.0 RAID controller that provides two SATA 3.0 connectors, and of course the chipset provides legacy connectors such as a floppy connector and serial/parallel/PS2 ports. A 1000BaseT ethernet connector and IEEE 1394 connector are included on the back panel, along with four USB 2.0 ports. The motherboard features one PCI Express x16 slot for a video card, two regular PCI slots, and a single PCI Express x1 slot. The motherboard also has headers for six additional USB 2.0 ports, SPDIF out, and two additional IEEE 1394 connectors. Not to forget anything the board also features 8-channel high definition audio and perhaps the best of all, integrated intel GMA X3000 graphics (more on that later). Sounds like alot for a micro ATX motherboard, and indeed it is too much as my case was only able to utilize half of the internal connectors and headers

The motherboard took my Pentium D 930 with no issue, although I have issue with the high stock temperatures that the processor gives off. That is not a fault of the motherboard but rather an unfortunate side-effect of the Pentium 4's NetBurst architecture.Moving from single channel DDR-400 RAM to dual channel DDR2-800 RAM yielded an impressive improvement in memory bandwidth, with Everest Ultimate 3.5.0 showing a memory read score of 6381 MB/s and memory latency of 95.6 ns

Pentium D 930 with Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:16:00 +0000

The G965's memory controller shows slightly higher bandwidth then my overclocked Athlon 64 X2 is achieving with dual-channel DDR-400, however memory latency is significantly better on the Athlon due to the integrated memory controller. Still, that's an impressive reflection on this chipset and DDR2 RAM in particular. The memory used in these comparisons consisted of two 1 GB Patriot PC6400 CL5 sticks in the intel, and two 512 MB Corsair ValueSelect PC3200 CL2.5 sticks in the AMD.The integrated GMA X3000 video is perhaps the most hyped feature of the motherboard. With a core speed of 667 MHz and Shader Model 3.0 at launch, at least on paper, it sounds very impressive for onboard graphics. As this system is my HTPC I am using my old and trusty ATi All-In-Wonder VE for my graphics, mainly so I can watch and record TV. Because the All-In-Wonder is a PCI card, and partly because it is old technology, on the 3DMark2001 benchmark its score tops out around 3500 on the fastest host systems. How did the integrated GMA X3000 on the GA-965GM-S2 do in 3DMark2001? Approximately 5300 marks. Good for integrated video, but not as good as I had hoped for a video core with such a higher clock speed compared to the All-In-Wonder's currently overclocked speed of 310 MHz. This may have been an issue with intel's graphics drivers, and future tests may yield higher scores. The real beauty of the GMA X3000 video core is that it is deemed by intel as "Ready for Windows Vista". The onboard graphics support DirectX 10 and it meets the requirements for the full Aero experience. I do not yet have Windows Vista to test the onboard video to the metal, and as long as the All-In-Wonder is not supported by Vista then I don't see it coming to this system anytime soon

The Gateway Intel Motherboards (Quick Guide)

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:09:00 +0000

The OEM Intel D845GVSR Motherboard is fitted in a large number of Emachines. It is an 845GV/ICH4 chipset with support for 400 and 533 FSB Intel Processors. Graphics are onboard, though you may add a PCI card. Supports memory up to 2GB of DDR200/266/333.

There are 3 variants which merit a mention.The first is the original Emachines Seabreeze model with a typical bios string (which you can find in system information) of SR84510B.44T.0019.P03. This generally came with a Northwood 400FSB Celeron, Realtek ALC202A Audio and a modem card depending on model. The second is late 2004, and is the same except for a typical bios string of SR84510B.44T.0038.P07, which adds support for Prescott 533FSB Celerons D325 to D340 with their lower Vcore voltages. There are no official Bios upgrades for these two models.If you want to try fitting a Pentium in this motherboard, the best advice I can give you is to refer to this CPU support chart from Intel: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/sr/sr_proc.htm. Bear in mind the 2.40A and 2.80A 1MB cache Pentiums are Prescott cored and will only be supported if your motherboard bios is already supporting a Prescott D series Celeron.Lastly the Gateway Seabreeze T3 variant comes with a Soundmax AD1981B audio chip, a red diagnostic LED and a latest Gateway bios string of SR84510A.46T.0018.P7E which takes Celeron support up to D350. There is a reliable Bios upgrade at Gateway for this model.Drivers are easy to find at the usual support sites for all models.This motherboard and bios and drivers info applies to UK Emachines models 2210 2220 2230 2240 3210 3220 3250 3260 4250 4260 and also T2742 T2796 T2798 T2824 T2862 T2885 T2890 T2893 T2894 T2896 T2898 T2958 T2984 T3624 T3828 T3830 T3958 D2823 D2880 H2824 H2862 H3624 H3824 H3958 W2888

Win XP doesn't detect Audio drivers of Realtek HD Audio OnBoard

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:03:00 +0000

I've got a brand new pc, paritioned, formatted and installed win xp, installed all the required setup from the autorun of the motherboard installer driver cd, and now windows does not detect my audio driver, realtek hd audio, however it has got its place in device manager(Screen shot 1), but opening sounds and audio devices in control panel is shown in screen shot 2, also sound is produced in speakers with realtek's sound manager demo sound (screen shot 3), is there any solution???

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noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:59:00 +0000

Intel, AMD Both Make Gains Per Fresh iSuppli Report

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:10:00 +0000

Blighted chip maker AMD has something to cheer about as it has made some significant gains in the global microprocessor market in the last one year. According to research firm iSuppli, AMD accounted for 13% of the global revenue share, which, although down 1.1% from Q4, is an improvement of 2.2 points from Q1 of 2007. While AMD hangs in there with long term gains, Intel witnessed good growth in Q1, 2008. Intel’s global revenue market share stood a 79.7%, up 1.2% from the preceding quarter. But there is a slight blemish for Intel as it yielded 0.7% share to its archrival over a year’s span. The next twelve months present a huge opportunity to chip makers as the ultra-portables market beckons with its promise of riches. But AMD hasn’t still fully divulged its plans for the lucrative low-voltage processor market

A Brief History Of Extreme Systems

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:09:00 +0000

When the chipmaker introduced its first Extreme Edition processor, Intel was forced to fall back on the workstation and server line of products since its desktop parts lacked the performance. When AMD unveiled its Athlon 64 FX-51, Intel was forced to sell a Xeon processor, which contained an additional 2 MB of L3 cache, as a desktop CPU under the name "Pentium Extreme Edition 3.20 GHz". Initially, these CPUs used the Prestonia core but later transitioned to the newer Gallatin design. At the time, switching to a different motherboard or even an entirely different platform in order to use such an Extreme Edition CPU was not necessary, since Intel packaged the CPU as a desktop part.

The Intel Pentium Extreme 3.20 GHz system

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:54:00 +0000

This was possible since the server processors used the same front-side bus protocol as the desktop parts. Only since the desktop and server/workstation technologies have drifted apart has the buyer been forced to buy a special motherboard for an Extreme Edition system.

The AMD 4x4 system
AMD was the first to bring dual-socket systems to the desktop with its 4x4 system. Intel, in turn, was the first to market with a quad-core processor, making AMD fall far behind in the desktop processor performance race. To compensate for this setback, AMD decided to put two dual-core CPUs on a dual-socket motherboard. For this approach, AMD used Opterons from the server segment, which ran a mere 200 MHz faster than any of its siblings at the time and were called "Athlon 64 FX70 to 74." The drawback was that AMD was forced to develop a completely new and very expensive motherboard for the CPU design. To make things worse, there was only one manufacturer that made the motherboard. Today, this system has been all but forgotten, and AMD no longer ships the 4x4 processors.
With the introduction of its Skulltrail platform today, Intel is following in AMD's footsteps. Both the D5400XS Skulltrail motherboard and the new Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processor were originally designed for the workstation/server segment.

The Intel Skulltrail test system
The system is not exactly a revolutionary step for the users - more like a comparatively cheap server CPU and a specially designed and frightfully expensive motherboard. Intel is expecting its desktop buyers to spend a good deal of money on this combination so that Intel won't have to develop anything new in this arena. We've already seen once before how this story can unfold with AMD's 4x4 system, and the same fate may also await Intel's Skulltrail. As the saying goes, "Those who do not learn from history..."

Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU Cooler Review

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:42:00 +0000

The product we’re testing today is not available as an off-the-shelve retail heatsink, it comes with bundled with Intel’s 45nm Extreme processors (e.g.: QX6850) . Its full name is FCLGA4-S which doesn’t make us much wiser.Intel reference heatsinks haven’t changed much in design since the introduction of the first S478 and S775 processors. They offer a basic performance/noise level, most if not all 3rd party heatsinks offer better performance at lower noise levels so this market has been growing for several years now, we have tested over 150 of these heatsinks here at the site, and even more new CPU cooler solutions are being released at and increased rate.When we first saw the FCLGA4-S we were quite surprised by its size and design, to say the least, it’s quite a step forward from the previous reference coolers:

The unit features a custom size 110mm fan with blue LED lightening (!) which is controlled through PWM (1000~2900rpm). When it comes to weight you might be surprised… ~420gram. If you know that the previous AlCu reference coolers weighed close to 450gram and was smaller in size you know something is up.Our friends at FrostyTech found out what made this new cooler from Intel thick; there is a copper insert alright, but it’s hollow and serves as a heat column; which is a cheaper alternative to the well known heat pipe.
The 41mm diameter copper "thermal chamber" works along a similar principle as a heatpipe, using a working fluid under a vacuum. The low pressure causes the fluid to change states when heat is applied, allowing the vapour to rapidly conduct heat between hot and cold surfaces. A solid metal block by comparison would rely upon the metals conductive properties to move heat from the base and distribute it along the cylindrical walls to which the fins are soldered.

Intel power PC platforms: Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and V8

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:37:00 +0000

Review Intel has been dancing all over AMD's financials with its Core 2 processors for the past year and it's keeping up the pressure, most recently with the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and, more intriguingly, it's product-that-isn't-a-product, the V8 platform.

Let's start with V8 as it's something of an odd ball. It consists of an Intel S5000XVN ATX motherboard and two quad-core Xeon X5365 processors, each clocked to 3GHz and capable of operating on a 1333MHz frontside bus. With it, Intel sent us a pair of CPU coolers, 4GB of Samsung FB-DIMM PC2-5300F memory and an 850W power supply from Cooler Master.
So, that's eight physical cores on two sockets all with an estimated value of £2400. Good value as a bundle? It's hard to be sure, as Intel isn't selling the V8 as a system but is instead touting it as a technology showcase.
Or is it? As it happens the Xeon X5365 processor isn't currently available through the usual channels. If you want one, you have to buy a Mac Pro from Apple. The covering letter that came with the V8 refers to an "eight-core media creation PC", which is a pretty good description of the top-of-the-range Mac Pro.
Could V8, or a version of it, be a board supplied by Intel for Apple and now getting a lease of life beyond the Mac platform? Neither Intel nor Apple are saying, of course

VoodooPC's Intel Core 2 Extreme-Based

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:25:00 +0000

VoodooPC has announced the availability of Intel Core 2 Extreme-based high performance desktops. Part of the Omen series, the desktops are among the first to make use of Intel's just-announced Core 2 CPUs. As is always the case, being a member of the early adopter club comes at a hefty price, with base configurations starting at $4,400 and going all the way up to $6,000. A mere bag of shells, really. The systems use Core 2 Extreme CPUs running at 2.93 GHz. Other specs include an 80GB, 7,200 RPM hard drive, 16X dual layer DVD burner and 2GB of RAM. Users can choose between ATI and nVidia cards, with the GeForce 7900 GT hovering on the high end.
The Omen series come in aluminum cases with too-cool-for-the-room designer cutouts and so forth. You know, the type of things that are cries for help. – Nicholas Deleon

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:23:00 +0000

Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX9650 was the first CPU to use Intel's new 45nm fabrication process. Aside from this, and despite the impressive performance, especially if you run applications that take advantage of SSE4, there wasn't a great deal about the QX9650 to cause much excitement, unless the prospect of 12MB of L2 cache is enough to float your boat.
This was a deliberate policy on Intel's part, a policy known as tick-tock. In a ‘tick' year Intel would move on the process technology, in this case the 45nm process, and then in 2008, a ‘tock' year, the front-side bus would be raised from 1,333MHz to 1,600MHz. Moving one step at a time should keep problems to a minimum and enable Intel to iron out technical issues in an orderly fashion instead of in a terrible rush.
The tick-tock logic makes perfect sense provided Intel has dominance in the processor market and is able to dictate the speed at which it rolls out new technologies and speed bumps. So what were we to make of the arrival of a Core 2 Extreme QX9770?
This is a new quad-core Penryn processor that runs at 3.20GHz on the 1,600MHz front-side bus that we didn't expect to see until some time in 2008. The clock speed increase compared to QX9650 is a relatively small 200MHz. Pricing is the usual USD $999 per processor for a tray of 1,000 units but no-one will buy a thousand of the things, and that's assuming that Intel will ever even make one thousand QX9770s.
The timing of the QX9770 is especially odd as Intel doesn't currently have a chipset that officially supports the 1,600MHz front-side bus as X38 tops out at 1,333MHz and we won't see the X48 chipset 1,600MHz support until early in 2008. This means that the new CPU relies on the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers to add BIOS support for the QX9770, which isn't the sort of thing that we expect from Intel. It rather suggests that AMD's launch of the quad-core Phenom has caused Intel some concern and in response it has launched this new processor in something of a rush

Overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Dusts Core 2 Extreme X6800

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:02:00 +0000

While they didn't quite fry an egg over their CPU, the brainy folks over at Toms Hardware did manage to overclock a lowly Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 up to 3.1GHz (from its base 2.13GHz) using only the stock cooler provided by Intel. Further tweaking got the E6400 up as high as 3.3GHz (with the help of a third-party cooler, Gigabyte's 3D Galaxy II liquid cooler).
Their conclusion: "Any cooling upgrade meant to increase overclock ability only becomes a "justified expense" when it takes the lower model processor beyond what the "next model up" can accomplish using its included cooler."

Intel - Core 2 Extreme QX6700

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:57:00 +0000

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
quad core CPU also known as Kentsfield or The Quad Father (02/11/2006)
Intel is on a roll after the launch of Core 2 Duo E6700 in July 2006 and here we are, a mere four months later, with the launch of the quad core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 which was codename Kentsfield during development.
No doubt when Intel releases non-Extreme versions of this processor they will be called Core 2 Quadro or Quattro or something to reflect the four cores, provided it can find a name that hasn't been snapped up by Nvidia for professional graphics cards or Audi for four wheel drive cars.
In essence Intel has shoehorned a pair of Core 2 Duo processors on to a single LGA775 die, so the quad core runs on the same 1,066MHz Front Side Bus as Core 2 Duo and is fabricated on a 65nm process. There is 4MB of L2 cache for each pair of cores, so that's a total of 8MB of cache, and the core speed is similar to Core 2 Duo.

Core 2 Duo E6700 runs at 2.66GHz and has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65W while the Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 runs at 2.963GHz and has a TDP of 75W. By contrast the quad core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 runs at 2.66GHz and has a TDP of 130W so it truly is a pair of E6700 CPUs in a single processor socket. Let's not lose sight of the fact that the final versions of dual core Pentium 4 had a similar heat profile, so the technology to keep the processor cool is well established.

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Intel's latest high-end, quad-core chip, the Core 2 Extreme QX6850, nudges past its QX6800 predecessor rather than taking a significant a leap forward. Moving from a 2.93GHz clock speed to 3.0GHz didn't result in tremendous performance gains on our benchmarks, nor did the switch to a faster frontside bus. Instead, the major appeal here is the price droP

For $999 (~£487), Intel's new chip delivers performance that's on par with the older, much pricier, QX6800. But remember that AMD and Intel each have new product lines coming out by the end of the year that might prove worth waiting for.

The 3.0GHz QX6850's progenitor, the 2.93GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6800, was actually not that widely available as a standalone product. If your PC has one, chances are it's because you purchased a complete system from a high-end system vendor. Still, with a suggested price of $1,200 (~£585) and a street price of $1,350 (~£659) at the time of this review, Intel's previous top-dog chip sat in a new category of expensive high-end CPUs.
For motherboards, the QX6850 uses the same LGA 775 design as the current generation of dual-core and quad-core CPUs, which means that you don't necessarily need a next-generation motherboard to use it. But unless you go with certain Intel G33, P35 or X38 chipset-based motherboards, or a BIOS-updated Nforce 600-series board from Nvidia, you won't get support for the faster 1,333MHz frontside bus. We used both Asus P5K and P5K3 motherboards for our testing, both based on Intel's P35 chipset, but the latter using the newer (and much pricier) DDR3 RAM.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 four-core CPU

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:46:00 +0000

At the beginning of November Intel launched its four-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor, where the Q, of course, stands for 'quad'. This Extreme processor has an unlocked multiplier so we reviewers can have fun experimenting with a £650 piece of silicon while the buying public regards Extreme products as a technological showcase and waits for the mainstream versions to arrive...
By that token the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a really big deal as it is the first retail quad-core processor to target the mainstream desktop market and to ship with a locked multiplier. But other than that it's very similar indeed to the QX6700. Well, OK, the clock speed is one bump lower, at 2.4GHz, hence the model code, as the Q6600 is effectively a pair of Core 2 Duo E6600 cores on a single socket with a pair of 4MB L2 caches and a 1066MHz frontside bus.

Intel reinforced the message that this is the quad-core processor for the rest of us by sending the part out with a budget P965 motherboard model DP965LT which retails for about £70. The Extreme QX6700 press kit included the considerably more expensive D975XBX2, which sells for £150. The DP965LT doesn’t require any support for overclocking which makes things simple and cheap, and at the stock 2.66GHz our test results show that the QX6700 had very similar performance on both motherboards.
Satisfied that the DP965LT offered a decent platform we lowered the clock multiplier of the QX6700 to drop the clock speed to 2.4GHz, matching that of the Q6600. Both processors returned results that were essentially identical, so we are completely satisfied that the Q6600 is indeed a slightly slower QX6700 without the option of overclocking

Best Quad Core CPU for the Money (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600)

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:37:00 +0000

I just can’t have enough cores! My current main PC is an AMD X2 3800+ due core and while it’s still working great…. I suddenly have developed the urge to build a new PC with a quad core CPU! Do you have that feeling sometimes?
Ok, the real story is that I’ve turned the current PC into a home theater PC and now it’s sitting in the bedroom alongside a shiny new 1080p Philips 42″ LCD that I bought for the wife as her birthday present (evil smile :-)). While it’s a great setup, sometimes I just need to work at a desk and not on the bed… therefore the need for the replacement PC.
It looks like currently the best value quad core CPU is the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, priced at a relatively

affordable $289 from Newegg.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Review

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:23:00 +0000

2006 was a very interesting year for the PC market

As some of the older chips will have been benchmarked with older drivers, there will be a small variation in the older results due to drivers; however the differences ought to be small

When Intel replaces the E6300 and E6400 with the upcoming E6320 and E6420, they will stop disabling half the cache on those chips, so all 6xxx series Core 2 Duo's will then have 4MB of L2 cache.
The lower end E4xxx range of processors will be distinguished from the E6xxx series of processors by only having 2MB of L2 cache, 800MHz FSB, and having VT support disabled.

Given that the E4300 has a physically smaller die, runs at a lower default Vcore and having a maximum 9x multiplier, it should be a pretty good overclocker - but exactly how good? We will see, because I'm going to take this E4300 and overclock it to its absolute limit!

Intel Core 2 Duo, Conroe rocks, dominates in games

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:53:00 +0000

First INQpressions Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 vs Athlon FX62

INTEL has been a high-end underdog for a while.
AMD has owned that market for years but now the magical Conroe CPU is here and Intel finally has some ammunition to fight. Intel ditched the rotten Pentium 4 Netburst marchitecture and embraced Pentium M marchitecture.
It managed to make the Pentium M core even more efficient by some thirty per cent and that's how we got Conroe and Merom CPUs. Conroe finally got its commercial name Core 2 Duo and is the fastest Intel marchitecture that money can buy today.

Intel Core 2 Duo or Conroe, as we like to call it, has two independent cores each having 2MB of cache. It is manufactured on 65 nanometre marchitecture and the production is ramping up. Intel now can get enough of the CPUs to satisfy demand. The chip has fourteen pipelines stages compared to thirty one on the Pentium 4 EE CPU.
The one we tested works at 2.67GHz and it is branded as Intel Core 2 Duo E6700. Each core works at 2.67GHz and the CPU uses 266MHz FSB.

The CPU officially supports DDR 2 memory up to 800MHz and if you overclock you can get even 1200MHz memory to work on it. The CPU has two times 64KB of L1 cache that it uses for data or instructions - much more compared to Pentium 4 EE which had only 28KB. AMD's Athlon FX has twice as much, totally 128KB of cache memory and uses 64KB for data and 64 for instructions.
The Core 2 Duo supports X86, x86-64, and all SSEs from one to SSE4. This is the first Intel Pentium M based CPU that fully supports 64-bit computing.

Powerful Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

noreply@blogger.com (Shafiq) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:48:00 +0000

Fully Optimized For Multi-Tasking

The use of an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor allows your CPU to run simultaneous seperate threads of software with ease. Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs include features crucial for optimum digital signal processing performance, including:
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution - enabling more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability - delivering more energy-efficient performance
Intel® Smart Memory Access - optimizing the use of available data bandwidth
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache - providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem, optimized for multi-core and dual-core processing
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost - accelerating a broad range of applications, including digital video, digital audio, image manipulation, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering, and scientific applications