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Ars Evaluates Core 2 Duo in Latest System Guide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-i-have-a-god-box-please dept.

RevDobbs writes "I always take a peek at the Ars Technica System Guides before white-boxing my next PC. Well, today I hit the site and see that they recently published their first post-Core 2 Duo System Guide." From the article: "The new Intel Core 2 Duo processors bring a swift change to the Hot Rod, making the lifespan of Socket AM2 very brief in the Hot Rod. Performance from the Core 2 Duo (aka, Conroe) appears to be excellent in all regards, from pure performance to heat output. Overclocking prospects also look excellent, with an overclocked Core 2 Duo being an amazingly fast chip for the money."

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  1. Re:Irrational AMD fanboys foaming at the mouth by geekoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Laughable.

    There is no dal Intel has that AMD wouldn't take in a second.

    Evil...sheesh, how easy is someones life when there evil is a company trying to get exlusive contract.

    And don't forget two rules:
    The consumer rules
    The 99% of user do NOT care what cpu they use, so it makes no sense to create a line of machine for more then one processor company.

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  2. Semi-OT Something I've always wondered about... by MarcoAtWork · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I remember not that long ago when socket 939 came out that AMD said that this was going to be the socket they were going to stay on for a looong time and that the sacrifices of obsoleting the 754 and 940 were totally worth it: when AM2 came out so soon after it really made me wonder, why is there a need for a new socket right now? It's not like X2AM2 chips are that much different from X2939 ones...

    And btw, I can't believe they put only 8gigs on the highest-end box, I would think 16 would be the bare minimum, heck, I'm thinking of going to 4 gigs on my pedestrian x2-4800, you'd think that something of that calibre would be a bit better equipped.

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  3. Two things by iamsolidsnk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. Core Duo will be faster than anything AMD has released currently. That is primarily because it is manufactured with 65nm process unlike all of AMD processors which are made with the 90nm process.

    2. The push to the socket AM2 architecture was to enable DDR2 support for AMD chips. Socket 939 could not support the faster memory that is hitting the market now, such as the DDR2 800Mhz (cheaper) or the brutal DDR2 1066Mhz (save your pennies).

    AMD has stated that the AM2 platform motherboards will be able to support their next generation of chips. So if you are like me and made the plunge, your mobo won't be obsolete for a good long time.

    snake

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