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P4 4 3xx, 5xx & 7xx
Intel recently announced their plans to put into effect a performance rating system for their CPU's, over that of naming a product with its relative clock speed like they do now. This move definitely looks set to confuse consumers, perhaps even more so than AMD did when they employed their performance rating system a couple of years ago. Here's the latest info regarding Intel's plans.
[blockquote]So what’s on the table? The cash strapped might be looking at a "3xx Series" processor which will be a Celeron D or M processor - the D and M are new designations for Celeron too, representing desktop and mobile parts.
More well heeled mainstream buyers will be able to select from Pentium 4 5xxx Series desktop and mobile parts.
Finally, P4 Extreme Edition for the nutty and the overlocking megahertz whores and the genuinely cool Centrino mobile stuff should fall into the top 7xx Series.
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[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14914]The full report[/link]
[blockquote]So what’s on the table? The cash strapped might be looking at a "3xx Series" processor which will be a Celeron D or M processor - the D and M are new designations for Celeron too, representing desktop and mobile parts.
More well heeled mainstream buyers will be able to select from Pentium 4 5xxx Series desktop and mobile parts.
Finally, P4 Extreme Edition for the nutty and the overlocking megahertz whores and the genuinely cool Centrino mobile stuff should fall into the top 7xx Series.
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[link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14914]The full report[/link]
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