Intel Pentium Extreme Edition - why only 800mhz FSB?

[EKKC]

its expensive, and the only difference that i can tell is that its HT enabled on each core otherwise its technically a 840 processor tripled in price, why doesn't it even go to 1066mhz for the FSB?

my 3.73 is 1066, yes i know its single core

 

[Mik3y]

there's a very minimal increase in performance from 800mhz to 1066mhz. not really worth stressing over.

 

[EKKC]

i thought there would be noticeable performance boost if you use paired 533mhz DDR2 RAM?

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Nope. The lack of a onboard memory controller is really holding back the Pentium dualcores. The move to the 1066FSB would help some but I guess they had singaling and heating issues that kept them from doing that. You can always overclock!

 

[Bull Dog]

No its becuase the lowest multiplier that Preshotts (sorry but they are) support is 14x
14x266.6=3733
14x200=2800

3200/266.6 = 12 not possiable with the Prescotts.

 

[Aenslead]

DAMN!!!!

You got some serious rigs there, EKKC!

I mean... TWO P4EE?

Those rigs must've been EXPEN$$$$IVE!

 

[Cooler]

My 840EE way on $750 for that price in may it was a steal.
I was able toget my FSB past 1066 to hit 3.8 my self on air.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

power consumption http://forum.counter-strike.de/bb/img/smilies/icon16.gif

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: Aenslead
DAMN!!!!

You got some serious rigs there, EKKC!

I mean... TWO P4EE?

Those rigs must've been EXPEN$$$$IVE!

i dont notice any significant difference.
i got a good deal from dell outlet. i'd never shell out full price for these things.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Cooler
My 840EE way on $750 for that price in may it was a steal.
I was able toget my FSB past 1066 to hit 3.8 my self on air.

The sad thing is that my $430 Cdn. X2 3800+ @ 2.6 GHz likely is right on par with or better than your 840EE @ 3.8 GHz
Intel's EEs have always been an outrageous waste of money, just like AMD's A64 FX series is.

 

[Aenslead]

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: Aenslead
DAMN!!!!

You got some serious rigs there, EKKC!

I mean... TWO P4EE?

Those rigs must've been EXPEN$$$$IVE!

i dont notice any significant difference.
i got a good deal from dell outlet. i'd never shell out full price for these things.

I'm very curious... what "nice deal" would that have been? I can *NEVER* see myself buying an EE.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: Cooler
My 840EE way on $750 for that price in may it was a steal.
I was able toget my FSB past 1066 to hit 3.8 my self on air.

The sad thing is that my $430 Cdn. X2 3800+ @ 2.6 GHz likely is right on par with or better than your 840EE @ 3.8 GHz
Intel's EEs have always been an outrageous waste of money, just like AMD's A64 FX series is.

AMD's FX series might be expensive but that FX-57 is INSANE...and single core performance wise it smacks the sh!t out basically all but the highest clocked single core P4's

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: Aenslead

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: Aenslead
DAMN!!!!

You got some serious rigs there, EKKC!

I mean... TWO P4EE?

Those rigs must've been EXPEN$$$$IVE!

i dont notice any significant difference.
i got a good deal from dell outlet. i'd never shell out full price for these things.

I'm very curious... what "nice deal" would that have been? I can *NEVER* see myself buying an EE.

the 3.73 EE came in a Gen4 XPS that I bought for about 1800 and it came with a radeon x850xtpe, i sold that and swapped another LGA775 cpu in there for about the same money.

the 3.4EE was longer ago, in a Gen3XPS, same story.

The Dual SLI GTX I got with a XPS 600 for about 1850 in outlet and comes in with a 3.2 640 cpu, i'm selling my Gen5 w/ Radeon X850XT on ebay this week now that I swapped the cpu a few days ago.

 

[potato28]

AMD already showed Intel they have teh fastest single core CPU with the FX-55. They just made the FX-57 to slap Intel in the face saying "HAHA WE'RE BETTER THAN U! U SUX AT MAKING FAST, COOOL PROCESSERS!!!" Basicly wat every1's saying. AND NO I'm not Biased. I like Intel for space heaters, and AMD for Air Conditioning

 

[Duvie]

It is quite clear the P-D's are extremely bandwidth limited...The 1066fsb model showed better clock for clock performance against the 5xx and 6xx series prescotts...It is conceivable 2 cores will be even more starved for bandwidth...

 

[EKKC]

so those prescotts are not the same? 1066 3.73 is technically a prescott with faster bus?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: EKKC
so those prescotts are not the same? 1066 3.73 is technically a prescott with faster bus?

Not technically, it IS a Prescott with a faster bus.

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: potato28
AMD already showed Intel they have teh fastest single core CPU with the FX-55. They just made the FX-57 to slap Intel in the face saying "HAHA WE'RE BETTER THAN U! U SUX AT MAKING FAST, COOOL PROCESSERS!!!" Basicly wat every1's saying. AND NO I'm not Biased. I like Intel for space heaters, and AMD for Air Conditioning

What was your point besides trolling?

 

[dmens]

P-D is 800 fsb because the JAB FSB implementation did not allow enough timing slack for 1066.

 

[caz67]

Hi,

How does your 3.73EE overclock?? What sort of benchies are you getting??