First Core 2 Extreme QX6700's (Quad Core) now shipping, Launching Mid next month

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First Core 2 Extreme QX6700's (Quad Core) now shipping, Launching Mid November

Chicago (IL) - Intel has begun shipping its first quad-core processor "Kentsfield," which will be officially called Core 2 Extreme QX6700 to system builders. Industry sources have confirmed to TG Daily that the processor has entered a stage of system testing, which indicates that the processors is on track for a mid-November launch.

Due to the lack of threaded games, the processor apparently will not show dramatic performance improvements in games we heard, but rather excel in typical threaded environments such as multimedia applications. The processor will ship in very limited numbers as Intel's new flagship processor and will be flanked by the DP workstation and volume server processor "Clovertown," which will be released as Xeon 5300 series in November. First mainstream quad-core processors are expected to launch as Core 2 Quad E-series in the first quarter of next year.

Kentsfield will ship with 8 MB of L2 cache and a clock speed of 2.67 GHz to keep the processor within a 110 watt power envelope - up from 65 watts of the dual-core Core 2 Duo E6700 with the identical clock speed. Since Kentsfield will be aimed exclusively at the enthusiast segment initially, we expect performance and boutique PC builders to offer overclocked versions of the processor right away. A recent benchmark series of the processor conducted by Tom's Hardware Guide revealed that the processor runs stable at 3.33 GHz and, at that level, offers about twice the performance of a Netburst-based Pentium EE 965 processor, while running in a similar power range. However, an idle 3.33 GHz Kentsfield consumes about as much power as a Core 2 Duo under full load, Tom's Hardware said.

In the meantime, there is very little information available about AMD's 4x4 platform, which will counter Kentsfield with two dual-core Athlon 64 FX processors on one motherboard. However, there is no indication that AMD's contender will be late and launch in time for the Christmas season. There may be enough reason for enthusiasts to consider two dual-cores instead of one quad-core. The limited number of quad-cores is almost a guarantee that etail prices of the chip will climb well above the tray price of $1000. Prices of 4x4 have not been discussed by AMD so far, but industry sources suggest that package deals with two FX processors will debut in the $800 to $900 range.
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http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/10/11/intel_kentsfield/
 
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so amd is going to market 2 duals on one board? i heard they are also doing quad cores, and they're going to be "true" quad cores, not 2 duals together.
 
pdc76 said:
so amd is going to market 2 duals on one board? i heard they are also doing quad cores, and they're going to be "true" quad cores, not 2 duals together.
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Amd is just skipping right to the true quad core. Should be out by the summer of next year if not a bit earlier.
 
they are also going to have the 2 dual cores on one board, and eventually have 2 quads on one board. all around the time intel is offering only one quad to the home user.
 
pdc76 said:
they are also going to have the 2 dual cores on one board, and eventually have 2 quads on one board. all around the time intel is offering only one quad to the home user.
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You're contradicting yourself in your last two posts. Where did you hear amd was coming out with 2 dual cores on a single board? Do you mean like dual core cpus on a dual cpu motherboard of like a kentsfield setup?
 
i'm just hoping the 2 dual core amd setups will later support 2 quad cores. amd doesn't seem to change sockets (or support on the same socket) every time they do something new like intel does.
 
In all fairness AMD has socket shafted users just as much, if not more than Intel. Socket 754, 940, 939, AM2. Those are all A64s.

And yes I know Intel has used S423, 478 and LGA775 for the P4 but they have been on 775 for a while now.
 
Ya they all do their socket jumping, how else do you think motherboard companies are gonna make their money. :mad: And for cpu manufacturers a lot of people fall into the whole, its a new line of cpu's, or from like 939 to am2 ooh it supports ddr2 now, yippee.
 
Cromewell said:
In all fairness AMD has socket shafted users just as much, if not more than Intel. Socket 754, 940, 939, AM2. Those are all A64s.

And yes I know Intel has used S423, 478 and LGA775 for the P4 but they have been on 775 for a while now.
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Recently, Intel's main compatibility issues have been chipset related rather than socket related. In many ways more annoying for beginners who expect any CPU that fits the socket to work in that board.

You're contradicting yourself in your last two posts. Where did you hear amd was coming out with 2 dual cores on a single board? Do you mean like dual core cpus on a dual cpu motherboard of like a kentsfield setup?
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AMDs 4x4 invloves two seperate Dual Core CPUs on the one motherboard.
 
Cromewell said:
Quad hah. They make systems with 32 CPUs, now we're talking...of course they are quite large...
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Obviously, I was just referring the server motherboards they have on Newegg that you could use in a desktop PC if you wanted :)

Very true. What would they be running anyways?
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They usually use a form of linux, at least, thats what supercomputers use.
 
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Very true. What would they be running anyways?
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zOS and occasionally *nix
Obviously, I was just referring the server motherboards they have on Newegg that you could use in a desktop PC if you wanted
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I know, but since I gave you that reconciliation token I have this uncontrolable urge to counter everything you say :P

Actually, I just like to be difficult, its fun :P
 
Cromewell said:
but since I gave you that reconciliation token I have this uncontrolable urge to counter everything you say :P

Actually, I just like to be difficult, its fun :P
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haha, then im suprised you didn't quite me saying they usually use linux :D
 
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