Intel Set To Launch Pentium 4 Extreme Edition On Monday

[SM-Bot]

Intel will finally ship its extremely expensive Pentium 4 Extreme Edition on Monday, more than a month after the games-oriented processor was announced. So says PC World, citing a source "familiar with Intel's plans". This 'deep throat' also claims a number of PC vendors will announce boxes based on the chip on Monday as well. The P4EE was launched last September at Intel Developer Forum 2003, primarily in an attempt to knock some of the shine off AMD's Athlon 64 launch, which took place the week after.

Like the Athlon 64 FX-51, the P4EE is being pitched as a high performance CPU for gamers. Like the AMD chip, the Intel part is essentially a server/workstation chip - Xeon in this case - re-branded as a desktop processor. The P4EE boasts 2MB of on-die L3 cache alongside the regular P4's 512KB of L2 cache. It will be clocked at 3.2GHz. Not coincidentally, that's the speed at which the next generation of P4, 'Prescott', is expected to debut. Not only is the P4EE a foil for the Athlon 64 FX, it's also a distraction from the problems Intel denies it's experiencing in getting Prescott out the door in volume.

The new chip isn't going to be cheap either. Its anticipated street price is $925 USD - over $500 more expensive than the $417 3.2GHz P4C Northwood.

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[SimGuy]

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The new chip isn't going to be cheap either. Its anticipated street price is $925 USD - over $500 more expensive than the $417 3.2GHz P4C Northwood.

All I can say is no ****ing way am I paying that much for a CPU. That's over $1,200 CDN for a processor that offers marginal (5-10%) performance benefits over it's more than 50% cheaper Northwood 3.2C 512KB L2 D0 stepping sister-product.

:thumbsdow Intel :thumbsdow

[keto]

Yup, that sucker isn't EVER going to be decent $ value.

[Shorty]

Anyone who buys that deserves everything they get.

That is daylight and nighttime robbery.

Pah. Il take one Athlon FX51 to go please barman :D

[TheLostSwede]

But the bad thing (or good), it´s no:1 on the Orb and that will sell.

[madmat]

Prices aside I'm interested in seeing how well it overclocks...I have seen a few previews around the 'net but it seems everyone that benched it neglected to put the squeeze on it and as an enthusiast that's all I'm really concerned with.
I know that it's insanely expensive but in a while decent prices on used ones might be found especially if the rumours that prescot is in trouble and that the E.E. will be used as a placebo with a possible speed bump until prescot is released are true.
I just wish that all the "C" stepping speed grades got the E.E. treatment.

[TheLostSwede]

First serious attempt i saw was 4.3 gig on R507. Not bad i must say.

[mmonnin]

Its A LOT cheaper than a Xeon setup tho. I heard people who have Xeons were pissed that a cheaper CPU was put out that basically does the same thing. Prolly better since Xeons can only use DDR266 and some DDR200.