CPU/Mobo Intel Conroe News Thread

Preliminary Tests of Intel Core 2 Duo in Games - Digit-Life

The figures we obtained in our video lab show that Conroe processors will be the fastest CPUs in the desktop segment in a couple of weeks, when this series is launched on the market.
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In fact, there is no need in special conclusions, the test results are illustrative. The future processor from Intel completely outperforms AMD Athlon 64, when test performance depends on a CPU.
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Unfortunately, we cannot say the same about high-quality modes. That may be the effect of defects in the Conroe testbed. That's excusable, as the system is based on an engineering sample of a processor. And the BIOS settings were far from optimized for maximum performance. The situation must change in future, when the tests are run on production-line samples, identical to those in stores.
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Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6400 and E6700: A Start to Be Remembered

Here, AMD can be a bit happy, as the FX-62 can at least outperform the 2.13GHz E6400 in some benchmarks..... :) But the E6700 is just too good.

On the whole, we can say that the new processors from Intel turned out even more impressive than we expected. Considering that our expectations were quite high. Looking at the results, we don't want to sing the praises, congratulate Intel with the victory, laud the new core, etc. We'd rather look through the diagrams once again to understand what the world giant of CPU building has unleashed. What we'll have to live with :). Conroe and its successors are here for a long time, that's obvious. The efficiency per GHz it demonstrated is not just admirable — there is the reverse of the medal: such impressive results are not obtained easily.
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And of course we should mention the impressive start of the new platform. I cannot recall ever testing a processor of a new architecture, which would categorically cross out all the old ones. Core 2 Duo E6700 is certainly brilliant. As we have already mentioned many times here, Intel can feel unchallenged for at least six months or a year without launching anything new. And if we consider Core 2 Duo X6800... AMD got in a tight. At least in the sector if top desktop solutions. It's high time it should think about a new architecture — Conroe seems too hard for the AMD K8 core, despite our recent optimistic forecasts...
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A New Perspective : Intel’s “Woodcrest” Xeon Previewed - GamePC

The new Xeon 5100-series processors are superior to the 5000-series in every way, delivering far more performance per clock, consuming half the power and generating far less heat.
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The Xeon 5100-series is the first Xeon-related release in the past several years which truly has us excited.
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We’re only seeing a first glimpse here, too. The Xeon 5140 and 5130 processors we tested are the mid-range $300-$500 Xeon variants, whereas Intel will be rolling out the big-gun 5150 (2.66 GHz / $850) and 5160 (3.0 GHz / $1,000+) models in the next few weeks. From the numbers we’ve seen thus far, these high-end models should be able to re-capture the workstation/server performance crown for Intel, and will put AMD’s Opteron on the defensive in a major way.
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The Opteron has been fairly stagnant for the past few months, which has allowed Intel to now catch up, and now seemingly surpass them in both raw performance and performance per watt. AMD will, however, be launching their next-generation Opteron processors with DDR2 memory interfaces in the next few weeks. Whether this change and new socket will be enough to take away Intel’s momentum their “Woodcrest” Xeon lineup remains to be seen. For the time being, it appears that Intel has a winner on their hands, as this is the first Xeon processor in quite some time which we can recommend without hesitation. We’re greatly looking forward to Intel shipping these chips so we can start seeing what the high-end models will be capable of.
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Intel Core 2 Duo - Dossier - HardWare.fr

Avec Core, Intel nous propose une architecture qui est tout le contraire de ce qu’était le Netburst en son temps. Alors que le Netburst remettait en cause de nombreux principes et était très innovant, à tort ou à raison, Core est une sorte de pot-pourri, reprenant à son compte le meilleur des technologies existantes et les améliorant. Alors que Netburst n’offrait pas vraiment d’avantage en pratique à sa sortie, Core est dès son lancement pleinement opérationnel.

Au vu des résultats obtenus en pratique on a tendance à donner raison à Intel sur les choix effectués, au moins à court et moyen terme. En effet, le Core 2 Duo est tout bonnement un processeur d’exception ! Par exemple, un E6400 affiché à 241$ offre un niveau de performance comparable à un Athlon 64 FX-62 à 1031$, tout en consommant moins qu’un Athlon 64 X2 3800+ et en offrant une marge d’overclocking confortable.

Quelles sont les armes à la disposition d’AMD afin de tenter de freiner la déferlante Core 2 Duo ? Etant donné que la prochaine architecture du père des Athlon ne verra pas le jour avant l’année prochaine, il n’y en a qu’une : les prix ! Le fondeur appliquera ainsi une première baisse sur gamme le 24 juillets prochain, mais celle-ci semble bien insuffisante puisque c’est le 4200+ qui sera placé par exemple en face du E6400 (241$ vs 240$). Mais d’un autre côté on voit mal AMD placer son A64 5000+ à ce tarif, d’autant qu’il est pour le moment limité à une gravure en 90nm.
Reste à savoir quelle est la marge d’évolution de Core. Côté fréquence, certes le dernier stepping 5 des Core 2 Duo permet de dépasser facilement les 3.4 voir 3.6 GHz en refroidissement à air, mais on peut penser qu’on atteindra rapidement les limites découlant d’un pipeline court. L’autre solution, favorisée par une dissipation réduite de ces CPU, c’est l’augmentation du nombre de cores. Le Kentsfield, composé de deux die Conroe intégrés au même packaging devrait être lancé début 2007, les échantillons de test étant déjà disponibles et pleinement fonctionnels. Mais que penser d’un Quad Core alors que l’on attend encore que certains types de logiciels, tels les jeux, tirent vraiment partie du dual ? C’est certainement une des raisons pour lesquelles Intel attend 2007, mais il n’est pas dit que la situation sera nettement plus favorable à cette date.

Dans tous les cas, Intel ne compte pas sur le Core sur le long terme, puisqu’il a déjà annoncé une nouvelle architecture pour 2008, Nehalem, et une autre pour 2010, Gesher. En attendant, c’est bien Core qui devrait être disponible fin juillet sur tous les étalages et à la vue des performances offertes, on aurait tort de s’en priver !
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Well, it is in French, but they have some great graphs in their article.
 
According to TechReport ( The Tech Report - techreport.com ), "Intel has altered its schedule for the Core 2 Duo launch and now plans to introduce the processors on July 27", "the introduction of new Pentium D 945 and 915 chips is reportedly still on-schedule for July 23" and "the next chips on deck for Intel's desktop lineup are a Core 2 Duo E4200 (a trimmed-down cousin of the Core 2 Duo E6xxx series) and a Celeron D 360".
 
Conroe shows dodgy RAID performance anomalies

it seems that Intel has some serious problems when using RAID5 configuration
The performance in benchmarks is there, but the performance in real world isn't. While synthetic benchmarks will do the thing and show RAID5-worthy results, CPU utilisation will go through the roof no matter what CPU is used, and the hiccoughs will occur every now and then. It remains to be seen whether this can be fixed via BIOS or micro-code update. Or does Intel have a bigger problem at hand?

I only wonder how will a two-meg cache Conroe work on a fully integrated motherboard, with Gigabit Ethernet, software-based sound-card – ever popular AC'97 codec and so on. Probably not as advertised. µ
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Conroe may tip up motherboardless

WHEN MUCH-ANTICIPATED Conroe - or Intel Core 2 Duo, as Intel likes to call it these days - sees the light of day, there might be slight complications.

One complication goes under the label, motherboard volumes. Especially when talking about shiny new P965 motherboards.

Intel only shipped the first quantity of P965 chipsets two weeks ago and now the motherboard manufacturers, including the top one, are struggling to make the boards on time.
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I think, when quoting The Inquirer, posters should post a disclaimer that clearly says the info is from the Inq...

No offense, but the Inq is not really the best source for tech info. They are more of a tech tabloid...
 
Abit has launched its new mobo based on Intel 965 Chipset.Check it out,

Abit AB9

I must say this is the first board i have seen with the most weird layout.:S

And just look at those hideous colors,whats wrong with them ? couldnt they find any better colours ?

What were Abit Engineers thinking ??????:rofl:
 
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