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Previewing the Performance of the Intel Conroe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speedy-little-chip dept.

pirate rtt writes "bit-tech has spent some time with an Intel Conroe system and has published a preview of its performance as compared to the current Intel flagship chip - the Presler 965. From the article: 'Core 2 Duo is clearly a very capable processor. We found that it was faster than the current 965 processor in most situations on the desktop, and far more proficient at gaming - an area where Intel has traditionally been weak. The added memory bandwidth that will come from having faster RAM enabled on the Core 2 Extreme chips will be an extra bonus for those looking to Conroe as a gaming platform.'"

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  1. Re:gaming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yup and remember the times of the K6, where intel processor were overpriced because there was no real competition. Today, the price of intel's are good, but if AMD loose we are all screwed with price again!
    Remember the first celerons, or how to play stupid with the low-end people. (god thanks the sempron)
    They were so much piece of shit they didn't deserve the Intel brand.

    Remember the RAMBUS, or how to make you pay very overpriced ram.
    Remember the fast adoption of the DDR2, even if it was not better than the technology of amd hypertransport with DDR1. Duh, intel got a very bad history about their choice of memory, always choosing the more overpriced. Today DDR2 doesn't cost so much, but yesterday's..

    And remember the fucking Pentium 4, worst processor architecture Intel ever made. The netburst is so bad they returned to the design of the P3.
    Pentium Pro -> P3 -> p-M -> Core 1.
    And now the Core 2 is a mix with modern technology plus the old Pentium pro / P3 design.

    If intel got some good prices and come out with a Core 2, it's all because of AMD gaining more market-share. AMD is really our savior, if it wasn't AMD, we would be crying with overpriced Pentium 4 plus obsolete RAMBUS.
    DO NOT BUY A CORE 2, YOU WILL SUPPORT THE DEATH OF AMD AND THE BEGINNING OF A VERY DARK AGE IN THE X86 WORLD.
    The day Intel kick the ass of amd you'll be using the same good old piece of shit for many, many years and you'll pay the big price. $$