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FUGGER is doing 4 Ghz on Phase change, but he has crappy RAM :P.
I think he broke the 12s mark b4 coolaler though.

Cant seem to find the link.
 
It's abundantly clear that Conroe will be the fastest CPU in town when it hits in a few weeks' time. It pulverises all present CPUs in the majority of CPU-based benchmarks. Just take a look at the Far Cry (speed) scores!

Take another look and let the numbers sink in.

If it's all too much for you, we've added another table that shows the Conroe E6700 CPU's performance against the AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 and Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 CPUs, expressed as percentages. ....

For Benchies click here
 
SuperPi_1M: 11.359 s
SuperPi_2M: 28.812 s
SuperPi_4M: 1:08.625
SuperPi_8M: 2:35.375
SuperPi_16M: 5:45.703
SuperPi_32M: 12:29.312

B0 Conroe reaches 4.6GHz...:hap2:
Now, here is a question: how many of the members here can get their rigs to complete 1M SPi at less time than the Conroe's 2M SPi?

I sure can't...
 
^ It has been posted before @ http://www.techenclave.com/forums/intel-conroe-july-23-amd-socket-72781.html

Intel to push Core 2 CPUs across the board

Intel's upcoming 'Conroe'-based Extreme Edition Core 2 Duo processor will ship with the model number X6800, it has emerged, courtesy of the latest roadmap leak from the chip giant. And it will be pushing the Core 2 series at the same price as current Pentium processors.

According to slides posted on Chinese-language site HKEPC, the 2.93GHz chip will be branded the Core 2 Extreme and will be priced at $999, the standard price point for new Intel gaming-oriented CPUs.

Indeed, the whole Core 2 line-up - Duo and Extreme - will come in at prices matching what Intel already charges for its current Pentium processors. Clearly, it will be pushing hard to encourage take-up of the next-generation architecture chips.

The X6800 operates on a 1066MHz frontside bus and contains 4MB of L2 cache shared by both processing cores - much like regular Core 2 Duo parts. The Duo and the Extreme are set to ship on 23 July.

The 'Allendale' processor makes its appearance on the roadmap, as the Core 2 Duo E6300 and E6400, both with 2MB of L2 cache and clocked at 1.86GHz and 2.13GHz, respectively.

The arrival of the Conroe will be accompanied by price cuts which will be applied to members of the Pentium 4 6x1 and 5x1 series. The Celeron D 3xx family will also see its prices cut, as will a selection of Pentium D 8xx and 9xx parts.

Other 8xx and 9xx chips will experience price cuts on 4 June, the leaked slides claim.
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Nvidia's Conroe chipset on its way

BJORN3D HAS a quick chat with three NVIDIA people and the cleaned transcript is up - the original one was probably quite filthy. Information that can be gathered: The 570 series chipset will support Quad SLI; overclocking support in the chipset has been well received; Conroe Nvidia Chipsets are on their way; the Tritium program does not exist and the Inq is wrong. A long list of rumours debunked and/or confirmed by those present.
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The Intel Conroe XE won't clock at 3GHz

WE HAVE BEEN getting a lot of letters about the Conroe EE/XE product, asking us what the final specs are. We were told just after Christmas that it would be a 3.33/1333 part, and that story was corroborated by multiple sources.

The XEs they are showing to the press, however, are 2.97/1066 parts. What will they really be?

Short answer: 2.93. Longer answer: 2.93, because that was 'enough'.

We are still confident that Intel could do a 3.33 part, and it will be certainly making a 3.0/1333 for Woodcrest in about three weeks, so there seems to be little problem with a limited number of selected microprocessors.

Intel looks to be doing what Nvidia and ATI keep doing to each other, waiting for one side to pick a number and then beating it by just enough to claim victory. This ups margins and makes for a more profitable part, or a cheaper part if it is feeling altruistic.

Intel set the bar where it wanted it to be, and it does indeed look to be "enough"
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"Conroe-L": Core 2 Duo on the Cheap

65nm single-core Conroes for all

Intel's newest roadmap has an unusual addition: Conroe-L. Intel defines Conroe-L as a single core processor, which we assume is based on the Conroe Core 2 Duo architecture. The most recent roadmaps have Conroe-L designated as a Q2'07 component as a supplement to Cedar Mill chips.

The Conroe-L processors are scheduled for a launch a full three quarters after the July 23, 2006 desktop launch. For other architectures, Intel typically has allocated the processor family across the entire board: value, mid-range and high end. Intel's 65nm Cedar Mill, for example, was launched as Pentium 6xx and Celeron 3xx at the same time. Intel's roadmap reveals that the company will attempt to place the majority of 65nm Netburst CPUs into the low end during the next few quarters.

Intel's Conroe architecture (described in the Core architecture launch) uses a dual-core design with a shared L2 cache. Decoupling the two cores is a more complicated process than simply "disabling one core." Pricing of the processor family was not revealed yet.
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