Go?

tuxify · 10-09-2007, 05:12 AM

I've noticed a lot of this when people have been talking about Intel processors, espically with the quad-cores. Is "GO" something good to know about?

hermeslyre · 10-09-2007, 05:23 AM

G letter, 0 number. Tis' a stepping, Intel calls it an S-step. Basically when a processor undergoes a change, the "S-step" changes, Which part that changes (letter, number) is based on the size/importance of the change, a large change results in the letter being changed, going up the alphabet, a small change results in the number changing.

The G0 stepping is supposedly a better chips at overclocking, I believe it also is cooler, smaller fab die? I dunno, some other people here can probably tell you what the main differences are, i never took much note of them.

tuxify · 10-09-2007, 05:25 AM

Is G0 only used for quad-cores? Or can they be found in duos?

hermeslyre · 10-09-2007, 05:31 AM

Stepping relys on core architecture, so considering the quad is a conroe, any conroe could have a G0 stepping, or at the very least, one similar.

ThatGuy16 · 10-09-2007, 05:32 AM

The E6550/6750/6850 are G0 as well

tuxify · 10-09-2007, 05:35 AM

I noticed at newegg.com people were worried about it not having G0. Wouldn't all E6550/6750/6850 and such have G0?

ThatGuy16 · 10-09-2007, 05:38 AM

Only the Q6600, the early ones were B3's then they started producing G0 which is better, though there are a few B3 Q6600's left.. But the 6550/6750/6850 are all G0's

spanky · 10-09-2007, 05:41 AM

The significance between B3 and G0 is not that great unless you're benchmark obessed too.

tuxify · 10-09-2007, 05:41 AM

Ok. Thanks guys.

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ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,105	Only the Q6600, the early ones were B3's then they started producing G0 which is better, though there are a few B3 Q6600's left.. But the 6550/6750/6850 are all G0's __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

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10-09-2007, 05:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,966	G letter, 0 number. Tis' a stepping, Intel calls it an S-step. Basically when a processor undergoes a change, the "S-step" changes, Which part that changes (letter, number) is based on the size/importance of the change, a large change results in the letter being changed, going up the alphabet, a small change results in the number changing. The G0 stepping is supposedly a better chips at overclocking, I believe it also is cooler, smaller fab die? I dunno, some other people here can probably tell you what the main differences are, i never took much note of them.

10-09-2007, 05:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,966	Stepping relys on core architecture, so considering the quad is a conroe, any conroe could have a G0 stepping, or at the very least, one similar.