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More drool maal...

Conroe X6800 Benchmarks!

Conroe X6800 PCmark05, 3dmark03 and Everest benchmark results by windwithme - XtremeSystems Forums
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Those are good scores....did you notice the FSB that GCupid was showing??:ohyeah: :ohyeah: Imagine that....a 400+Mhz FSB and a multiplier of 11......:clap: :ohyeah: :hap2:

Anyhow the FSB of 266Mhz and 11 multiplier seems more within sane limits...though with a multiplier unlocked version of this thing....it'll be like........i can't find words........:hap2: :ohyeah: :clap:
 
Time: 10.281s (Super PI / mod1.4)

Clock: 5003.1MHz (fsb416.9MHz x12)

CPU: Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93G/266x11/FSB 1066/L2 4MB)

M/B: Intel D975XBXLKR-rev303 modded (bios:1073)

CPU Cooling: LN2 (Pro4 + V-TEC ARC Bed Rev.3.4)

Memory: Corsair PC2-5400UL(v1.3) 512MB x2

VGA: ATI rageXL (PCI)

HDD: IBM DTLA-307020

Power Supply：Zippy-460w

Vcore: 1.74v, Vdimm: 2.55v, Vio: 3.65V

OS: Windows Server 2003

MEM: 4:5, CL4-2-2-2
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XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - TAM @ 10.312s w/ 4.99GHz Conroe about to break 5GHZ!!!
 
^^ Yea, i didnt notice that.

Just saw that is was the 5400UL.

Its 1024mb thats why he has Low Timings @ those speeds.

But thats just awesome what hes done there.

but it seems like the X6800 OC's as much as the normal C2D 6600/6700 only.
 
Yeah I think we will see it go down before its out there for retail :) and I am really looking forward to see some super numbers from those who are getting ready for C2D here :)
 
Underclocked Conroe puts cat amongst the pigeons

MANY, INCLUDING myself, were kind of appalled with the news of Conroe XE speed reduction from 3.33 GHz with 1.33GHz FSB to a rather weird 2.93 GHz/1.06GHz FSB setting.

If FSB alone was problem, why not stick with at least 3.2GHz/1.06GHz FSB speed then? At the same time, we saw results from few online hacks who did overclock the early Conroe 2.33 and 2.66GHz parts with ease all the way up to 4.6GHz CPU with 1.7++GHz FSB on a current 975X mainboard from MSI - and these are early parts, keep in mind, no benefits yet of post-launch tune ups. Not to mention Conroe's twin, Woodcrest, which is seemingly launching fine in the coming month at 3 GHz CPU and 1.33GHz FSB speeds.

What's going on? Well, two possibilities - one is that, with Woodcrest being the "favoured" twin brother here, all the top Core 2 Duo bins are going to the server and workstation use in the two socket market, where Intel has more of a problem to beat the AMD HT-based Opteron solutions. The high-end desktop here can wait a while longer to really "unleash the secret speed beast" which some believe Core 2 Duo actually is, according to the early overclockers.
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Harshal said:
Yeah I think we will see it go down before its out there for retail :) and I am really looking forward to see some super numbers from those who are getting ready for C2D here :)
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WTH, you sound like you're not going in for one... thought you were at some point?
 
^^ Yup, he could just Slap on the Merom on his AOpen board.

Merom is compaitable with Yonah bards btw :bleh:
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme demonstrated with 3.5 GHz

Intel today gave yet another glimpse of the capability of its soon-to-be-launched Core microarchitecture. While the processor will launch at 2.93 GHz, Intel shows the CPU already running at significantly higher speeds. Perhaps most interesting is the chip's lower than expected power consumption - which may give Intel enough headroom to break the 4 GHz barrier.

Sources told TG Daily that Core 2 Extreme is capable of breaking the 4 GHz barrier, while it is unclear, if off-the-shelf dual-core Core 2 processors (Conroe core) will ever reach that level as the quad-core desktop processor "Kentsfield" is on track to debut in Q1 2007. Intel today confirmed that Core 2 Extreme will launch with 2.93 GHz/FSB1066 next month and will be available with 3.2 GHz by the end of the year. At a presentation today in Santa Clara, Calif., the firm also demonstrated an overclocked version 3.5 GHz that, according to Intel, offers "impressive performance."

3.5 GHz and more may not be an unrealistic level for overclocked Core 2 Extreme processors - in fact, the processor may scale very well beyond that right from the start and without any extreme cooling requirements. One reason for that is the Core 2 Extreme's very low power consumption: Compared to AMD's current flagship, the 3.0 GHz Athlon64 FX-62, which is rated at a thermal design power of 125 watts, the Core 2 Extreme will consume a maximum of just 75 watts, according to Intel.

In that respect, we hear that a 4 GHz Conroe may consume about as much power as the current Netburst generation, which tops out at more than 130 watts. However, the performance gain for overclockers may be worth to sacrifice the power savings: Intel today claims that a 2.66 GHz Conroe processor will outrun a 2.8 GHz Athlon64 FX-60 by about 20%. The 2.93 GHz Extreme version will provide another 20% in added performance, Intel claims. Add to that equation an overclockable chip with 20 or 30% headroom and Intel may have a chip at hand that can cause more than just headaches for rival AMD.
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Intel Confirms Two Upcoming Core 2 Extreme CPUs

3.2GHz "Conroe" gets confirmed by Intel

Intel representatives just contacted DailyTech with the following information:

The Core 2 Extreme processor (Conroe based) will ship at 2.93GHz at Core 2 Duo launch. We will also have a 3.2GHz version by end of the year. And as you know, the Quad Core enthusiast SKU, Kentsfield, is planned for Q1'07.

Several days ago, we published details of Intel's Core 2 Duo roadmap, although the roadmap did not have information about a 3.2GHz Conroe. Intel's Extreme Edition processors typically launch at a $1,000 USD price point, and then are quickly phased out in time for the next generation.

The 2.93GHz Conroe processor will ship as the Core 2 Duo X6800 processor. Previous Intel roadmaps have also confirmed that the launch date for Conroe, the desktop Core 2 Duo processor, is slated for July 23, 2006.
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ASUS Announces Core 2 Supporting Motherboards

Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect for all

ASUS has two new Core 2 compatible motherboards. The first is the new P5W DH Deluxe which is catered towards the digital home market. Built around the Intel 975X and ICH7R core-logic the P5W DH Deluxe isn’t a board you’d find in consumer form factor or small form factor home theater PC’s. With the backing of the 975X and ICH7R core logic the P5W DH Deluxe packs support for ATI CrossFire via two half speed PCI Express x16 slots, two PCI Express x1, and three PCI slots.
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Benchmarking Conroe: First Look at Core 2 Extreme

Intel announces the shipping clock speed for its Core 2 Extreme and the top Core 2 Duo CPUs. They also give a sneak peek into the roadmap and give us some hands-on benchmarking time.

Intel's new Core 2 CPUs are probably the most anticipated processors yet to ship since AMD's first Athlon 64. In many ways, Intel's new desktop CPUs, set to launch in July, are the most important CPU products for the company since the original P6 processor in 1995. Intel has been promising lower power utilization and greater performance.

We've described the Core 2 architecture back in March. The Core 2 microarchitecture gives us some clues as to why performance might be better. Conroe is a four-wide architecture, so can issue four instructions per clock, as opposed to the three-wide used in NetBurst and Athlon 64 architectures. The Core 2 will also contain a full 128-bit wide SSE (Streaming SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) Extensions) engine that can execute one SIMD instruction per clock. The Extreme and higher-end mainstream desktop CPUs will offer 4MB of shared L2 cache. Finally, the use of micro-ops and macro-ops fusion, which can combine certain types of instructions as they come into the pipeline, enhances performance.

But the architecture has a much shorter pipeline than the current Pentium D's—14 versus 31 stages. That suggests that overall clock frequencies will be lower. Can the new features overcome the clock rate disparities? We'll take a look at that in a moment. However, let's take a look at what Intel plans to ship this year.
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One Q: Will a TT Bigwater 735 support Core2Duo Socket ???? I mean can I use a Bigwater 735 with a Conroe CPU.
 
Dude... you can use it if its 775 compatible :) and to all yes I am not going Conroe. I am more interested in "Quad-Core" but which one will it be?? Lets see if AMD has what it takes to kick intel in nuts?? Or Kentsfield will become the next darling??
 
^^ That too, thats with Crappy 667 Mhz RAM.

It wasnt a fair comparison really..

The real benchmarks are on XS :ohyeah:
 
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