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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. Fuck the metric system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    65 nm = 43/16777216 inches

  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.

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

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

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

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

  6. Pentium Extreme Edition by NullProg · · Score: 5, Funny

    New acronym alert:

          PEE

    --
    It's just the normal noises in here.
  7. 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.