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New Intel Chipset and Extreme Edition CPU Tested

Posted by timothy on from the smell-of-burning-ndas dept.

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.

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  1. Nobody ever got fired buying by fembots · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think AnandTech summed it up nicely "So there you have it folks - the 1066MHz FSB does absolutely nothing for performance, [...], But with the move to the 1066MHz FSB we have a platform launch that, in the spirit of the 925X and 915 launches, does virtually nothing for performance."

    However the real question is, how many decision-makers are reading these review/benchmarks, or do they just buy Intel because it's Intel, or that's what xx-business weekly says?

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    1. Re:Nobody ever got fired buying by Silverlancer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Interestingly enough many, including myself, were expecting quite a leap with 1066mhz FSB, especially considering the huge leap from 533 to 800. However, it seems as if the P4's bottleneck now isn't bandwidth at all, but latency, like the Athlons always have been. In other words, DDR2 (more bandwidth, crappy timings) is going to do shit all for the P4.

  2. improvement by Coneasfast · · Score: 4, Insightful

    anandtech shows a 1% increase in speed over 800mhz fsb in most cases, is this really something to get excited about? will this difference open up in the future?

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  3. If I wanted the fastest... by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...I'd be twice the sucker I actually am.

    Thank god for the ponces and their fast stuff obsession making things cheap for me :)

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  4. Will they ever beat intel by kff322 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    no matter how fast the clock speed the pipline is sooooo long for P4 chips causing a sever preformance degradement. This is why G5 and AMD chips are faster at lower clock speeds because of there shorter pipline. Intels high clock speeds just look good