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Intel Quad-Core Price and Performance Showdown
ThinSkin writes "The folks over at ExtremeTech have had enough time on their hands to benchmark Intel's entire quad-core lineup to determine which has the best performance for the dollar. While prices range from $183 to $1399, the real bargain is with Intel's latest Core i7 architecture which outpaced many other more expensive processors. For comparison's sake, Intel's fastest dual-core CPU was thrown into the mix and was, at times, not even competitive, which suggests that we're beginning to see more and more multi-threaded applications take advantage of four cores."
Intel has insanely expensive test jigs to ensure that their parts meet published specs at their marked speed. You have what?
I have Intel's linpack test. You know, the one Intel use for torture testing their CPUs. I think it might suffice for my home use.
For real work, it's absolutely unacceptable.
Nobody was suggesting anything of the sort. Overclocking is the domain of home users, this is so banally obvious it doesn't even need to be stated. What kind of retard overclocks their workstation? Nobody.