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Intel Launches New Pentium Extreme Edition 965

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-fuel-for-the-fires-of-war dept.

RL-20 II Rider writes "Although Intel is hard at work readying their next-gen Conroe core for a proposed 2H '06 release, it seems engineers at the company are still improving upon the existing 65nm Presler core. This review of the brand-new 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 965 dual-core processor shows that the CPU is based on a new stepping of the Presler core that runs cooler and overclocks higher than older chips, while consuming a bit less power as well."

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  1. Extreme edition? by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it only work if you're snowboarding down a hillside and parachuting off a cliff while slamming a Mountain Dew?

    1. Re:Extreme edition? by Moby+Cock · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quad Core Radical Edition

      In 2010, will your razor have more blades than your CPU has cores, or the other way around? I wonder...

    2. Re:Extreme edition? by digitaldc · · Score: 2, Funny

      In 2010, will your razor have more blades than your CPU has cores, or the other way around? I wonder...

      Neither, your CPU will be so powerful that it will shoot out a laser which can be used for hair removal, cosmetic surgery, and enemy annihilation (among other things.)

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      He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  2. Fuck the metric system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    65 nm = 43/16777216 inches

    1. Re:Fuck the metric system by twiddlingbits · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can you translate that to furlongs per fortnight or hogsheads per rod? ;)

  3. Oblig. Spaceballs by lbmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Colonel Sandurz: Prepare to purchase an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition.
    Dark Helmet: No. No. No. No. Extreme is too slow.
    Colonel Sandurz: Extreme too slow?
    Dark Helmet: Yes. We're gonna have to go straight to an Intel Pentium Ludicrous Edition.

    1. Re:Oblig. Spaceballs by rubberbando · · Score: 2, Funny

      Does that mean when Windows crashes on it, they'll get the PLAID screen of death?

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  4. Wicked by smoor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oooh, next they'll the have the Pentium WICKED, followed by the Pentium WOOT!

    1. Re:Wicked by MikeSty · · Score: 2, Funny

      All of which will be succeeded by Pentium PWNED Edition

  5. Re:lonely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're not alone, I haven't got any friends either.

  6. Ironic by Ctrl+Alt+De1337 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ironic that a site reviewing a P4 Extreme Edition is called "Hot Hardware." Hot, indeed.

  7. Re:apache estimate by Enigma_Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    23.1

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    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
  8. Pentium Extreme Edition by NullProg · · Score: 5, Funny

    New acronym alert:

          PEE

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  9. Yeah, what the fuck? by babbling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intel are so off on this one. Just from a preliminary glance, I can see that they named this chip wrong. "Pentium Extreme Edition 965"? Where should I start?

    First of all, this chip is at the very least an Extreme Turbo Edition 1078. However, I have a strong suspicion about it being closer to a Super Mega Extreme Turbo 8000.

  10. Re:Intel should be ashamed. by Enigma_Man · · Score: 2, Funny
    and refusing to notice that is a fatal mistake

    Yes... you will infact DIE if you have not noticed that.

    -Jesse
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    Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
  11. Re:apache estimate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Holy acronyms, Batman.

  12. Re:Singlethreaded performance by KBAegis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny thing, I seem to have misread the cores names as 'Ownya/yermom.'

  13. Re:Questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Question: I know almost nothing about designing ICs. However, look at these two articles about pie-in-the-sky technologies that might someday be practical. Why aren't we using them? Are the designers at AMD and Intel stupid or something?

    Answer: No, you are.

  14. Scientists get confirmation of the Big Bang theory by roman_mir · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pentium Extrem Edition packs all that matter into a such a small space, and makes sure that the whole thing runs so hot, that it is now capable of starting new Universes right on the tops of our desks. BANG.

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    You can't handle the truth.