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Core Duo - Intel's Best CPU?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shadow-knows dept.

Bender writes "How good is Intel's Core Duo mobile processor? Good enough that Apple chose to put it in the iMac, and good enough that Intel chose to base its next generation microprocessor architecture on it. But is it already Intel's best CPU? The Tech Report has managed to snag a micro-ATX motherboard for this processor and compared the Core Duo directly to a range of mobile and desktop CPUs from AMD and Intel, including the Athlon 64 X2 and the Pentium Extreme Edition. The results are surprising. Not only is the Core Duo's performance per watt better than the rest, but they conclude that its 'outright performance is easily superior to Intel's supposed flagship desktop processor, the Pentium Extreme Edition 965.'"

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  1. Tech Report's self-destructive behavior by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That Tech Report article is so infested with Flash ads that it discourages me from reading it, or even taking Tech Report seriously.

    It seems to me that a company has to be very, very stupid to believe that trying to force people to read ads is productive.

    I was trying to do without the FlashBlock extension because Firefox developers tend to blame the instability and CPU hogging of Firefox on extensions. However, I've installed it now.

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  2. Re:Having used a Intel Dual Core for awhile ... by ooze · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    One of the worst things about the Intel switch is that we will never see a laptop (or desktop) that runs MacOS X with one of those.

    A good slim laptop with 10 hours battery life may have been possible.

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