New Intel Chipset and Extreme Edition CPU Tested

Steve writes "Today sees the launch of both a new CPU and chipset from Intel. The CPU takes the form of a 3.46Ghz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, running at 1066FSB, and the chipset is the i925XE, the first Intel chipset to support this new FSB. HEXUS.net have a review of both. It looks like AMD still have the lead when it comes to performance, despite Intel's attempts to counter the Athlon 64 FX-55." Hack Jandy links to more reviews at AnandTech, HardOCP, and ExtremeTech.

Comments

I liked the previous version ...

[Anonymous Coward]

where I clicked it and it said "move along, nothing to see here"

Seemed more accurate.

I wonder if it includes...

[Anonymous Coward]

Intel Extreme Graphics! W00t!

Re:Nobody ever got fired buying

[Wesley Felter]

The Extremely Expensive Edition CPUs aren't targeted at PHBs -- they're targeted at gamers. The PHBs are still buying 915 chipsets like Intel told them.

Re:But is it 64bit?

[gl4ss]

no.

and the speed improvement from 800mhz fsb? almost zero.

soo.. what's the point? exxxxtreme.

Re:Nobody ever got fired buying

[eyeye]

You missed one thing, now you can keep your whole house toasty warm with your intel system instead of just one room!

Sorry I couldnt resist, I have to admit my athlon based system is a pretty good heater too :-(

Hey, slow down!

[dsanfte]

Do you guys think we could, like, halt the march of progress for a year or two? 1066FSB already?

You know, some of us over here have Athlon XPs with 333FSBs, and we're crying our eyes out. Please, think of us. Sometime? Maybe?

Fuck.

Re:Hey, slow down!

[cortana]

I'd be willing to bet that the 1066 MHz that the FSB runs at are actually "bullshit marketing MHz" rather than an actual measurement of the speed at which the chips cycle.

Remember when the number your RAM was sold at actually indicated its speed? PC100 was 100 MHz, etc. It was simple. That 333 MHz FSB you sport is really only 166 MHz, but with two transfers per clock cycle. Of course, PC166 DDR isn't sexy enough, so the marketers randomly inflate the number to PC2700. :)

I recon that Intel are smearing the the same bullshit over their specifications: 1066 MBMhz == 266 MHz "QDR" (oh sorry, Quad Data Rate isn't sexy enough, we can call it QUAD PUMPED!! YEAH!)

I'd search for more reliable info, but I've given up trying to find any decent information about hardware on Google these days; it's all comparison shopping sites, as far as the eye can see.

Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. After we kill all the lawyers, everyone in advertising will be next to go.

Re:Price / performance

[The Analog Kid]

I'm sure Dell is the only one contributing Intel's 75-80% marketshare dominance.

Dear god...

[Tyler Eaves]

The FSB on that thing is clocked faster than my CPU....

What??!!?

[JamesTheBard]

C'mon. This has gotta be useful for all the bachelors out there. Nothing like surfing the net at home while warming the house at the same time. You know that Intel is just waiting for the right time to unleash the hot-plate add on so I don't even have to leave my computer to cook the vast stores of Top Ramen.

That's great and all....

[KuNgFo0]

But does it make the internet go faster?!?!

Re:Ouch

[crazy_monkey]

Remember when DDR first came out?

then...
Dolts said: "DOUBLE the bandwidth, yo!"
Reviews said: %5 real world increase of performance.
Dolts went out and bought, bought, bought.

now...
Dolts said: "Broken the 1GHz FSB, yo!"
Reviews said: %1 real world increase of performance.
Dolts go out and buy, buy, buy

YES!

[pyro jackelope]

Slightly faster...to the MAX!