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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. Intel should be ashamed. by LibertineR · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My AMD Athlon 64 X2 chugs along at 2.2Ghz, and STILL blows Intel out of the water due to its superior design, while managing a cool 29C. AMD has fought the good fight, and until Intel gets faster AND cooler, AMD has my computing dollar. To me, the only thing 'Extreme' about Intel processors right now, is the number of CPU cycles wasted.

    1. Re:Intel should be ashamed. by ciroknight · · Score: 4, Informative

      Good think Intel invented the Core chips. Because you know, using 40% of the power of a Pentium 4 and doing 40% more work while clocking nearly twice as slow isn't a radical change or anything.

      Preliminary reports even say the Core chips are up to 35% faster than the AMD64 chips, and they don't even have EM64T to fall back on. But, for the purposes of this discussion, since this is a Pentium 4, it is still quite the power hog, but they've made advances with this chip that do warrant some attention (take a look at the benchmarks), and with their new $50 water cooler and overclocking, the Pentium 4 once again takes the performance crown.

      I'm all for AMD, but Intel has cleaned up their act too, and refusing to notice that is a fatal mistake, no matter how much Slashdot/AMD coolaid you've consumed.

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  6. extreme? by matt328 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I donno, brand new chip, catchy performance implying name, about the only thing extreme about this chip will be the price. All of you people who get off on bragging about their box's specs in your little forum sigs prepare to shell out your 2 grand to upgrade from that now outdated 3.4 ghz piece of crap you've somehow been putting up with.

    Not trying to troll, just pointing out the extremely narrow audience this chip would appeal to given that they are moving on to a different core soon. I'm just hoping this will drive down costs of the 'lower end' dual core chips soon.

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  7. Questions by zymano · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does chip wiring or transistors waste the most heat ?

    I don't understand why there aren't any attempts made to move away from silicon & copper/aluminum wiring ?

    We have quantum tunneling transistors that work right now !

    http://www.google.com/search?q=quantum+tunneling+t ransistors&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefo x-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
    http://www.sandia.gov/media/quantran.htm

  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.