Intel Quietly Introduces 3.8GHz P4

BatonRogue writes "I didn't see this anywhere else, but it looks like Intel has quietly launched their Pentium 4 570J running at 3.8GHz. The J denotes Intel's Execute Disable Bit support, which they have also quietly introduced (it seems to save face of being 2nd to support it behind AMD). AnandTech seems to be the only place to have a review of the 570J. It performs reasonably well and even better than AMD in some areas, while falling behind in things like games. AnandTech has a nice one page benchmark comparison of the 570J to AMD's 4000+ as a quick reference."

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Weird

[FiReaNGeL]

Can someone justify that they compared Intel's 3.8 Ghz to AMD 4000+ (4 Ghz equivalent, theorically)? Maybe they wanted to compare both company highest speed CPU... anyway, the only positive side I see in these high speed CPU is that they'll drive prices of their (somewhat) slower counterpart down... the AMD 3500+ is already at a very interesting price/performance ratio, it can only get better... and HL2 is only days away!

I can guess why...

[Avoid_F8]

while falling behind in things like games.

Perhaps that's why it was quietly introduced? Gaming is really the only reason for a CPU upgrade these days. Knowing that AMD would achieve another victory in that area, why would they spend money promoting yet another little bump to the P4's clock speed? My guess is that they're waiting for the real kicker; this is just something to keep their heads above the water until it's ready.

Re:I can guess why...

[Canth7]

Just wait til Longhorn comes out. 2GB of RAM and 4Ghz so you can turn on all the eyecandy. The biggest reason to make your OS prettier (and more bloated and resource intensive) is because you can. Imagine trying to run Windows 98 with all the visual effects on a 486. Windows, KDE, OSX, etc, have increased the visual effect requirements slowly over the years. Sure you can run your XP desktop without a background or window animations or cleartype fonts, but it doesn't come out of the box like that. If you have a faster CPU, your OS/applications will use it...eventually.

I feel the need. The need for speed

[Underholdning]

I once attended a lecture by one of the designers from AMD. He said, that the clock speed of the processor was a key selling point. In reality, all the development that went into making processors operate at a higher clock cycle could be spent in much better ways, making better and more efficient processors. But - alas - efficiency doesn't sell. High numbers on a package does.
Anyway, does any of you actually have a specific need for high frequency processors? Most of the projects I've been working on always had other bottle necks, preventing me from utilizing the CPU completly.

No 64 bit benchmark..

[freelunch]

The benchmark referenced in this article gives Intel a big break by not comparing the Athlon 64 in native 64 bit mode. The few articles that do typically don't come right out and show the graphs side by side with Intel. 64 bit support makes a big difference in an increasing number of applications.

Another important fact - a socket 939 based motherboard purchased today should accept a dual core Athlon 64 in about a year. The dual channel memory controller in the 939 version means there will be plenty of memory bandwidth for that upgrade.

Encoding and transcoding video and audio are two great examples of CPU intensive work that aren't "games".

I run natively compiled Gentoo on my Athlon 64 system.