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    Deneb preview

    http://nl.babelfish.yahoo.com/...t_en&btnTrUrl=Vertalen (translated version) In short, roughly 5 - 10% faster than Agena per clock, and lower power consumption, especially under load - at 2.3GHz, it consumes 57W vs 104W when compared with a Phenom 9650. All in all, a solid job from a die...
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    Q9300 reviewed

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...uad-q9300_2.html#sect0 Compared to the Q6600, it's about 7% faster. Unfortunately, the 7.5x multiplier limits its overclocking potential, and 3.5GHz is about as far as you can go before hitting a FSB wall. The low multiplier aside, it's not a bad CPU...
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    Xbitlabs - Contemporary Dual-Core Processors Shootout

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...dualcore-shootout.html Well, Wolfdale E8000 series C2Ds simply obliterates the competition. Nowadays, it seems AMD X2 is reduced to fighting against E4000 and E2000 series chips in the mainstream / budget markets.
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    Wolfdale benchmarked

    http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ay/intel-wolfdale.html Looks good, a decent performance boost over the previous generation dual cores. The E8400 looks the pick of the bunch IMO, at $183. You get about a 15% performance boost over the current E6750 for the same cost. Power consumption...
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    Phenom TLB patch benchmarked (Tech Report)

    http://techreport.com/articles.x/13741/1 There is a general 14% hit across the board in application performance, and synthetic memory benchmarks show as much as a 20% penalty. Thankfully, the difference between retail and ES Phenoms is nowhere as great, about 2% overall. Things are looking...
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    More info regarding Phenom TLB issues

    http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/13724 Key points *The TLB bug affects all current 9500/9600 Phenoms, not just the pre emptively recalled 9700 model as first reported. A BIOS fix is in the works that addresses the stability issues, but at the expense of 10% (or more) overall...
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    More leaked Phenom benchmarks

    Ahh, the wonders of not signing an NDA! http://www.expreview.com/news/...1194333585d6811_1.html Moving on from Crysis, expreview are now looking at 3DMark06 performance of Phenom. Relatively speaking, it does better than Crysis, but still falls short of Kentsfield (10% slower in CPU...
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    More Crysis benchmarks for Phenom X4

    Well expreview.com seems to be going nuts lately leaking out Phenom X4 benchmarks... here are some more: http://www.expreview.com/news/...1194231291d6785_1.html Testing is more CPU bound this time, using the inbuilt Crysis CPU benchmark. As expected, in more CPU bound situations Phenom...
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    Crysis CPU performance: E6850 vs QX6850 vs QX9650 vs Phenom X4

    OK, good news first - Phenom overclocks to 3GHz on the B2 stepping - yay! :) Now to the bad news - Performance is poor, 5 - 10% slower than C2D/C2Q. :( http://news.expreview.com/2007...9/1193590532d6599.html http://www.expreview.com/img/news/071028/score.png Specs: C2D/C2Q using P35...
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    Introducing the E4300 - the new budget overclocking champ

    http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e4300.html As predicted, this is the ultimate budget overclockers chip. Just look at this overclocked $163 chip leave the $1000 X6800 in its wake, it should bring a smile to any overclocker. :) EDIT...
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    65nm 4400+ X2 review

    http://translate.google.com/translate?u...=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Translated using Google. The site tested an X2 4400+ against an E6300. Power consumption and overall performance are very close between these two chips. There are no overclocking results, unfortunately. All...
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    Intel 45nm dual core 'Wolfdale' coming Q3 07

    http://resources.vr-zone.com//newspics/Oct06/11/Wolfdale.png Looks pretty impressive if true. 3.5 - 4GHz stock, can anyone smell 5GHz+ with a bit of overclocking? ;) 6MB L2 and 1333FSB sounds nice as well, but what really impressed me is the projected 57W TDP. PS. I hope current...
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    nForce 590 SLI preview - benchmarks!

    http://www.guru3d.com/article/mainboard/366/13/ It boasts VERY impressive gaming performance it seems. An E6600 totally dominates an FX-62! Too bad there are no direct comparisons with 965/975 boards, I'm pretty sure it would beat those, at least in the gaming benchies.
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    Conroe = Clean price/performance sweep?

    Let's take into account AMD's upcoming pricecuts into the equation: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800 I will put a similarly performing Conroe next to the appropriate AMD chip: X2 3800+ $169 X2 4200+ $240..........E6300 $183 X2 4600+ $301..........E6400 $224...