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The editors liked
Major leap in performance on multitasking and most multithreaded applications compared to high-end dual-core CPUs
Lots of apparent headroom for overclocking an already fast chip
The editors didn't like
High price tag makes quad-core processing an elite technology for now
Apples twin dual-core Xeons in the Mac Pro make for a faster digital design configuration
Abstract: Are we here already? It was just on four months ago that we looked at Core 2 Duo, and we were blown away. Now suddenly we already have two more cores for the taking.Sure, it’s just two Duos whacked on the one silicon slab, thus not using a shared ca...
Major leap in performance on multitasking and most multithreaded applications compared to high-end dual-core CPUs, Lots of apparent headroom for overclocking an already fast chip
High price tag makes quad-core processing an elite technology for now, Apples twin dual-core Xeons in the Mac Pro make for a faster digital design configuration
If you thought dual cores were over the top, get ready. Intel presents the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, a single CPU with four distinct processing cores. The first quad-core CPU will remain an enthusiast part for a while, but as a glimpse of the future, it...
Dual and Multiple cores are certainly the way to go. Speeds have hit a wall, going for a Gigahertz advantage simply isn’t enough, Intel found that out with the Pentium 4, a pure GHz speed king.Intel has been the first to market with its Dual Core pr...
Abstract: Andrew B9.5Intel are once again the current market leaders in processor designs and with the introduction of the dual-core Conroe processors, Intel have raced past AMD in terms of power and performance. However as the processor market never remains st...
Impressed? Just an honest question... We at least have to admit that Intel and their first quad core processor did leave quite an impression. The Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad core did show that multi-processing is changing from using multiple processors ...
Abstract: Today we are going to have a look at the top of the line CPU offering from Intel, the QX6700 Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition. This CPU is the fastest desktop CPU Intel or AMD has built to date and lives up to the Extreme Edition Moniker very well. Not only...
Abstract: QX6700 $999 Intel www.intel.com CPU Rating: 4 Specs: 2.66GHz; 1,066MHz FSB; 0.65-micron manufacturing process; 8MB L2 cache (4MB x2, dynamically allocated) Intel’s brand-new, quad-core CPU comes hot on the heels of the Core 2 Extreme X6800, which bo...
First commercially available quadcore CPU, Performance, Overclockability
Price, Heat output, Stock HSF
The QX6700 from Intel is a CPU like no other, it is the first quad core CPU that you can buy at almost any computer store. I must say that Intel rightly deserves to be called performance king.First, I would like to comment on Intels Extreme CPUs in ge...
The first Intel Core 2 Quad processors, codenamed Kentsfield are built on a 65 nm process and intended to enhance the way we work with our desktop and server systems. Intel claims that the Core2Quad is up to 80% faster than the Core2Duo XE6800 which ...
