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Intel Launches Pentium Extreme Edition 955

Posted by Zonk on from the end-of-the-year-chip dept.

BSG Man writes "Intel's 3.46 GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 955 dual-core processor launches today, and HotHardware has a full review with benchmarks on Intel's new i975X Express based D975XBX motherboard. This processor is based on Intel's 65nm (or .065 micron) Presler core with 2MB of full speed, on-die L2 cache dedicated to each core, for a whopping 4MB of total L2 cache. As expected, the new Pentium Extreme Edition 955 scores well in encoding, desktop business and a few professional rendering tests but overall it's given a run for its money by AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ dual-core processor, especially in gaming scenarios."

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  1. Mathdot News by DigitalReverend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..2MB of full speed, on-die L2 cache dedicated to each core, for a whopping 4MB of total L2 cache

    2 x 2 = 4 ??

    Holy crap that is news!!. ;)


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  2. Compared to my 386 by No2Gates · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But how fast will it run a DOS version of DOOM?

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