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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: Core 2 Extreme QX6700 $999 Intel www.intel.com First Look Preview Specs: 2.66GHz clock speed; 1,066MHz FSB; 65nm manufacturing process, 8MB L2 cache (2x 4MB, dynamically allocated) After losing some ground to a tenacious chipmaker that produced a strin...
Unless you are going for pure bragging rights a quad core processor really is ahead of its time. While there are a few real world applications that take advantage of this processors multi-threaded power, most do not. In theoretical tests, the quad ...
Abstract: November 7, 2006 In April 2005, Intel was the first to release a dual core processor just before AMD. These processors became more and more popular since the release of the Core 2 Duo and decreases on AMD´s price list. Now the number of cores increase...
Abstract: Our review of Core 2 Extreme QX6700, the first Intel quad-core CPU running at 2.66 GHz and compatible with socket 775 platform. Does quad-core CPUs really improve PC performance? Check it out.
Published: 2006-11-03, Author: Sean , review by: planetx64.com
Abstract: So are four cores better than two? The answer is both a resounding yes and a disappointing no.For gaming, four cores is not going to show much of an improvement over two or even one until game developers begin coding games to take advantage of them. N...
Abstract: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core ProcessorAt an Intel press conference earlier, we were shown just how fast the new Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was. When they compared it against a Core 2 Duo E6700, which ran at the same clock speed, the quad-core proce...
Abstract: A quad-core processor of Core 2 eXtreme series marked QX6700 actually features two Core 2 Duo E6700 dies assembled in a single body. Remember that please: two dies, not one. We couldnt bring ourselves to break the processor, but its cache organization...
Abstract: First of all, a brief contents of the review for those readers who immediately move to the performance diagrams. So, Intel has released a 4-core processor which appears to be two Conroe cores packaged in a single housing. Therefore, in programs that of...
Abstract: Since the release of Intel’s Conroe micro-architecture, the company has been making waves, massive waves. In terms of performance, Intel washed away main competitor AMD, and they have continued to do so during the past three months with the success of ...
Like any solution with four CPU cores, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700s effectiveness depends on what you feed it. Give it a nicely parallelizable task with four or more threads, and it will utterly embarrass former top dogs like the Core 2 Extreme X6800 an...
