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Intel Harpertown (Penryn) Quad CPUs Benchmarked
unts writes "The Intel Developer Forum is currently running in San Francisco, and Intel is showing off the up-coming Harpertown processors based on the Penryn core. HEXUS got hands on with a test system and ran some performance tests: 'Harpertown is a better quad-core processor than Clovertown: it's as simple as that. More L2 cache will gobble-up larger application data-sets and a higher FSB, on select models, will ensure that per-CPU bandwidth is less of a concern.'"
The article is extremely thin on the promised "benchmark" and looks like a fairly standard press release.
Information in real CPU benchmarks: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
Information in the press release "benchmark": about:blank
Give me graphs, comparisons with other models in the same series & other CPUs, information about power draw & heat etc. Not adverts, details I can find out anyway and dont really care about etc.
"Damn it, I want my fast, multi-core, and CHEAP processors already ;-)"
Pick up an AMD 3800 X2 or 4400X2. Last time I checked they where the cost of a good meal.
People these cpus are still bloody fast for what most people use a PC for. Just about the only thing a home user would ever notice the difference is in video trans coding and or super high end gaming.
Get an X2, more ram, and a better video card for your best bang for the buck.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
Where is the new chipset with DDR 2/3 ECC ram? The high power and heat cost of the them looks bad next to the ECC ram in the amd systems.