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New Pentium Chipsets Launched

Posted by Zonk on from the we-have-the-technology dept.

MojoDog writes "Today Intel has officially taken the wraps off their new mainstream Pentium D 820 Processor and i945 Express series chipsets. Additionally, they also cranked up the Pentium 4 6XX sequence line-up to include the new Pentium 4 670 at 3.8GHz. The Pentium D 820 is Intel's new dual core CPU clocked at 2.8GHz, which contains two Prescott cores per die but doesn't support HyperThreading like the Pentium Extreme Edition 840. The i945 is their new mainstream PCI Express based chipset, one version of which has Integrated Graphics and both supporting these new dual core CPUs. Additionally, Intel took their Pentium 4 6XX sequence processor, based on the Prescott 2M core, for a speed bump to 3.8Ghz."

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  1. Not upgrading yet. by JustNiz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm waiting for the 9xx series, because they support VT (Vanderpool) machine virtualization in hardware.

    Bye-bye reboots to switch between Windows and Linux.

  2. Re:Dual core versus hyperthreading by tomstdenis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "It is nice to see Intel finally catching up with AMD...."

    Now if they could only do this on a instructions per watt basis ...

    The Athlons take less power per unit of wall clock of time as a P4 and they routine excute a higher instruction count per second. This means not only do you get a task [say compiling] done quicker, but you take less power while doing it.

    So you may say "wow that dual core dual HT 3.8Ghz sure is fast" but when you realize it takes 300W of power to run [as opposed to the 40W the new AMD Venice core takes] ... the comparison looks really shameful.

    Tom

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  3. Re:Dual core versus hyperthreading by _Pablo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Better IPC and IPW is exactly what the next generation based on Pentium M is for.

    Even in it's current form the Pentium M can exceed the performance of even an Althon FX-55 at the same clock-speed with far lower power draw. When Intel transition this to the desktop as dual core with AMD64 (oops I meant EM64T) and a serious FSB it's going to give AMD a serious run for it's money.

    Hopefully AMD is up to the task and we can all look forward to lots of new multithreaded apps and lower electricity bills...unless you have SLI and AGEIA to soak up the juice that is! Good riddance Netburst.

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  4. No ECC support. by ChickenFan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Am I the only person who wants ECC in mainstream desktop chipsets?

    I kit out all my new machines with at least 1GB RAM and I want long uptimes on all my Windows, Linux and FreeBSD machines. I really want ECC RAM, but it seems that only Intel's server chipsets support it.

    It's built-in to the Athlon64 memory controller, right?

    You'd think Intel would be more on the ball.

    Of course, finding even an Athlon64 motherboard that actually ENABLED ECC is a challenge.