intel set to release low cost dual core 805

[sonoma1993]

In a bid to offer its customers a very affordable dual-core microprocessor, Intel Corp. plans to release Intel Pentium D model 805 chip in March, 2006. The chip will work at lower clock-speed and will utilize less speedy processor system bus, still, the product will be able to offer advantages of two processing engines.

?There is Intel Pentium D 805 in our roadmap, according my information it will be available in March 2006. This is low priced dual-core CPU ? 2.66GHz, 533MHz FSB,? Intel spokesman Radoslaw Walczyk told X-bit labs.

low cost intel dual core

this shall be intersting, probably wont perform to well since both cores have to share an 533mhz bus instead of the 800mhz bus

 

[jimmypage13]

R

 

[Quinton McLeod]

They won't run fast considering that Intel never made true Dual Core processors.

 

[Hacp]

90nm, extra not, no thanks

 

[carlosd]

A dual core CPU crappier than the 820? there is intel trying to beat their own crappiest CPU record.

 

[dmens]

Intel never made true Dual Core processors.

Explain?

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: dmens

Intel never made true Dual Core processors.

Explain?

The Core Duo is there only true dual core to date for intel.

 

[dmens]

Heh... guess I missed the moment when the term "true dual core" was redefined, LOL.

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Originally posted by: Cooler
The Core Duo is there only true dual core to date for intel.

What in the world are you talking about? The Pentium D has two CPU cores on once chip, hence "dual core." If you mean to say a shared L2 is required for a "true" dual core, then Intel is the *only* company to commercially achieve that to date.

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

As for this Pentium D 805, I for one am very interested. I'd like to get a dual core CPU very much, but being a poor college student I can hardly afford the $250 price tag of the 820, much less the $300 3800+. I don't think this 805 is going to do the trick just yet--$200 is still *way* too much for me--but I like this new movement toward a budget price point.

I'm that guy who'd seriously considering buying a Celeron dual core if it came out today. But here's my dream CPU...

Sempron X2
1.2 GHz per core
128KB L2 per core
socket 939
$75 shipped

I'd snap that up immediately!

 

[n7]

Guaranteed this will show up in mass numbers in OEMs like HP, Dell, & Gateway...

 

[jiffylube1024]

eeew. 533 MHz FSB dual cores eh? Smart one Intel. Real smart.

No wonder AMD is doing so well - monkeys are in charge at Intel.

 

[dmens]

Oh no yonah fsb is at 533 with dual core so it is slow as hell... oh wait.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
eeew. 533 MHz FSB dual cores eh? Smart one Intel. Real smart.

No wonder AMD is doing so well - monkeys are in charge at Intel.

Yeah, but with good cooling, setting the FSB to 200mhz will run the chip at 4ghz..

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
eeew. 533 MHz FSB dual cores eh? Smart one Intel. Real smart.

No wonder AMD is doing so well - monkeys are in charge at Intel.

Yeah, but with good cooling, setting the FSB to 200mhz will run the chip at 4ghz..

Possibly an Intel overclocker's wet dream.

 

[stevty2889]

If it was a 65nm chip, I would jump all over it, but being a 90nm chip it will likely run way to hot to get a good OC on air. My 830 was running at 70c at stock speeds on air. I had my 920 running at 3.64ghz on the stock heatsink, at around 60c. Now it's running at 3.7 on water, at the same temps my 830 ran at stock on water.

 

[AnandThenMan]

The true definition of a dual core CPU is ONE core (notice the singular usge of CORE) with 2 execution engines instead of one. So in fact, the Intel chip is actually a twin core chip. It is painfully obvious when looking at a photo of the die. It it 2 Prescotts right next to eachother, glued together by a FSB.

The X2 is indeed a single die, with 2 identical execution engines coupled with arbitration logic.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: dmens
Oh no yonah fsb is at 533 with dual core so it is slow as hell... oh wait.

Oh no yonah different architecture than P-D so it is bandwidth starved... oh wait.

You already knew this.

 

[dmens]

Twin core... note the singular usage of CORE. LOL! Last time I checked, P-D consists of "2 identical execution engines coupled with arbitration logic". I've never even heard the terms "true dual core" or "twin core" until the idiotic marketing cockfight last year. I'll never figure out why some people have an urge to engage in stalinist computing revisionism in rabid defense of a company that does not pay them a cent, or even a discount for that matter.

You already knew this

One of these days I'll get a straight answer from IDC regarding their bus numbers. They are very close-mouthed.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: dmens

You already knew this

One of these days I'll get a straight answer from IDC regarding their bus numbers. They are very close-mouthed.

I should have said "you know better", as it would have fit the bill better for your sarcastic blanket statement.

 

[dmens]

Actually, what I should have said is that given the low clock frequency of the planned product, there is no proof the FSB will be an issue even at 533.

 

[IntelUser2000]

There is supposed to be a price cut on the current Intel dual cores so the PD 805 may go to $170.

Pentium D has no arbitration logic.

 

[Vette73]

They are here...

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=1808623


$150 for a retail one. Not sure if it comes with the full copper heatsink or a cheapy one.


But I would not get one unless you plan on overclocking. The low speed and very low FSB will keep its perfomance low.

Anybody here got one yet?

 

[josh609]

somone buy it and benchmark it!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

 

[robertk2012]

AMD sucks because it doesnt have "twin cores" Yeah take that.
Dual core or twin core......you know what.....I dont care if they superglue it together as long as it works.