Go?

[tuxify]

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]

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]

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

 

[hermeslyre]

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]

The E6550/6750/6850 are G0 as well

 

[tuxify]

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

 

[ThatGuy16]

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]

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

 

[tuxify]

Ok. Thanks guys.