Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition

ThinSkin writes "Intel let ExtremeTech.com sneak behind the curtain of its anticipated Dual-Core Pentium Extreme Edition processor for a full performance preview with benchmarks. Bundled with essentially two Prescott cores on one die, the Extreme Edition 840 processor clocks at 3.2GHz and contains a beefed-up power management system to keep the CPUs running cool during use. Expect Intel's dual-core line to hit the streets sometime this quarter. No word on pricing yet." Update: 04/04 17:26 GMT by T : Timmus points out FiringSquad's preview, too, writing "The benchmark results are mixed, with a few applications taking advantage of the new CPU, and some that don't." And Kez writes in reference to this article to say: "Our article on HEXUS.net, covering the P4 EE in detail, states the price as £650 (that's what we're looking at in the UK anyway, not sure about the U.S.)."

Comments

fp

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice, beucase I didn't think thier current Extreme Edition was expensive enough. What gamer has the budget for these chips?

Re:How much it'll cost? ha!

[rcamans]

There you go. Assusming I have a left testicle.
If you were'nt so busy kissing my ass, you would have noticed that my wife cut off my balls a long time ago.
Oh, wait, did I actually say that out loud?
Nevermind.