Preliminary Wolfdale benchmarks

Comments

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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 1:32am Leonardo Not sure what it means, if anything at all other than to prove Wolfdale is real. None of the benchmarks utilize four threads, one for each of the CPU's cores.
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 6:55am Thrax Wolfdale is dual core.
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 7:45am TheLostSwede The preliminary benchmarks that shows a pretty big 10% increase in otherwise, videocard depending games is huge news. Add to that, applications that can use SSE4 and a smaller die and we have a winner.
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 7:50am Thrax Yeah, the 100% increase on video encoding? HOLY JESUS that's huge. I just hope they make an 8*333 Penryn, because that's going to overclock like an absolute monster. 10-15% in those games is nothing to sneeze at; that's incredible for an architectural refresh.
   
   AMD is in deep ****.
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 7:59am TheLostSwede And that is even before AMD have any viable benchmarks out whatsoever. I know 3 people that have that Penryn in their hands as we speak. Can't say that i know anyone or even heard anyone with the AMD part yet.
   
   I'm afraid that AMD/ATI will sease the production of Desktop processors within 3 years unless they really find out something that shakes the ground. They have tried the pricecutting way already, but that only made things worse for the stockholders.
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 8:00am Thrax Marcus, can you give overclocking details on the Penryn, or is that still hush-hush?
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 8:09am TheLostSwede The only thing i have seen is what you showed and a few pictures of the cpu itself, aka, nothing to rub something at. I haven't even asked for more information than that cause that would potentially put the owner in a bad situation. Breaking NDA's can cost more than just hardware in the end. You can actually be sued for quite a penny.
   
   What i meant was the fact that Intel already have so much believe in their new processors that they allow "endusers" betatesting them while AMD doesn't seem to bother even trying to market their own part. Heads will roll at their HQ. It will start with marketing. Make no mistake.
   
   This is the quad version on P35. Compare it to a Xeon of the current die at a little less mhz. Quite a lot.
   
   
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   7 Aug 2007 ~ 8:22am Thrax Oh yeah, the Penryn is no doubt an amazing chip. Intel is slated to launch 3.33GHz chips in the EE series for the C2D and C2Q varieties. On top of that, the Penryn is scheduled to scale another 400-500MHz, and that doesn't even take into account the 15% "Clockspeed reserve" that Intel keeps for every core, so they can bin out ultra-fast chips as a panic button. So, hey, 4GHz Core 2s? I'm predicting it right here.
   
   Intel was just as confident with the Core 2 launch; many people had ES Conroes long before the chips ever hit the streets. The lads at XS were rolling in them.