S 478 and S 775, what's the difference?

[laxma]

I see this new processor from intel in some stores and I've read them in a comp magazine once. They're using new socket S775. and their series are different. it's like Pentium 4 530/550, what are these numbers corresponds to? are they the same as the S478, or better (performance wise).
So now Inter no longer produce the S478?
anybody knows about this?

Thankss

 

[Praetor]

and their series are different

Just a different naming convention... same series of chips.

what are these numbers corresponds to? are they the same as the S478, or better (performance wise).

Same chips, different naming convention

So now Inter no longer produce the S478?

Nope. They've shifted (obviously) to the S775 chips only. Any S478s you find are end-of-line.

 

[grimloch]

not hugely relevant but the new 775 format supports pci-e etc.
more future proof

 

[Praetor]

not hugely relevant but the new 775 format supports pci-e etc.

And by the same token it supports DDR2... not so much a virtue of the chip as much as it is a chareacteristic of the mobo/chipset ... a definite on the futureproof

 

[charly]

diff between 478 and 775


The inside of the new processor has not changed - it's still a Pentium 4 Prescott. Intel's message is clear: Processors that are faster than the recently announced 3.4 GHz models will not be released for socket 478. CPUs that run at 3.6 GHz or faster will require the new platform with socket 775. On the other hand, the initial clock speed for the 775 platform will be 2.8 GHz. In the middle of this year, P4 Extreme Editions will complete the upper range of Intel's processor portfolio for socket 775

http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040301/alderwood-13.html

 

[Praetor]

The inside of the new processor has not changed - it's still a Pentium 4 Prescott.

Naturally or else we'd have the "northwood symptom" g