As an example of this efficiency, Gelsinger noted that front-side bus speeds may now be cranked up to 1333 MHz for Conroe-architecture systems, while at the same time, power efficiency is being brought down to levels not seen since the 486.
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The initial benchmarks for the Conroe/Memron/Woodcrest platforms have been very promising. Anandtech's benchmarks of a 2.8 GHz AMD X2 vs. a 2.66 GHz Conroe had the AMD getting smoked.
True it wasn't against an AM2 platform, and Anandtech had no control over the hardware in the Intel system, and neither AM2 or Conroe have been released, so the final performance king cannot be crowned just yet. But initial results are looking very promising for Intel.
Let the games begin anew.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
–The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
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Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer...AM2 is not an architectual change. It just adds a newer HyperTransport and DD2 afaik...
Jammrock“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
–The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
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AMD socket change is only part of the story, they will be releaseing faster parts by the time intel chips are actually available to buy.
But all the same it looks like intel did get there shit togehter and AMD is going to have some work to do.
It will be very interesting to see what actually happens in a few months when both new chips are are out.
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Plus, Intel is famous for the "paper launch." Saying a product is available long before anybody can actually get their hands on it (other than review sites). AMD doesn't usually talk about something being available unless it pretty much is.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
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