Thats what the word on the street is from a couple of different sources. Of course I'll take it with a grain of salt until I hear official word. But essentially the rumor is this:
Intel realises they have a slight edge over AMD right now. They know that Hammer may or may not change things but why not hit AMD as hard as they can while they have that edge. Soooo
Intel is evaluating the possibilities of selling a new performance model Northwood CPU. This "performance" model will simply be a regular P4 northwood at whatever speed only it will be unlocked. Intel would use this not only as an extra edge against AMD but also as a Marketing tool...youknow something like, "Buy the Intel P4 Performance CPU" and some such.
Of course if they pull something like this I could easily see them selling the regular northwoods then selling unlocked CPUs at a slightly higher price point(like $50 more or such).
But, this would be a big hit to AMD in the performance builder/overclocker market...imagine what you could do with a P4 Northwood with it unlocked...especially in the 3ghz+ range. Couple this with Intel possibly turning on hyperthreading soon as well, and you have a chip with a lot of capability.
Anyway, as I said this is the word on the street and nothing official, and I'm not going to take it too seriously until I hear something out of Intel or a more definative word on the subject. But I am certainly keeping my fingers crossed anyway
Thought you might find this interesting either way
Solr_Flare
Intel realises they have a slight edge over AMD right now. They know that Hammer may or may not change things but why not hit AMD as hard as they can while they have that edge. Soooo
Intel is evaluating the possibilities of selling a new performance model Northwood CPU. This "performance" model will simply be a regular P4 northwood at whatever speed only it will be unlocked. Intel would use this not only as an extra edge against AMD but also as a Marketing tool...youknow something like, "Buy the Intel P4 Performance CPU" and some such.
Of course if they pull something like this I could easily see them selling the regular northwoods then selling unlocked CPUs at a slightly higher price point(like $50 more or such).
But, this would be a big hit to AMD in the performance builder/overclocker market...imagine what you could do with a P4 Northwood with it unlocked...especially in the 3ghz+ range. Couple this with Intel possibly turning on hyperthreading soon as well, and you have a chip with a lot of capability.
Anyway, as I said this is the word on the street and nothing official, and I'm not going to take it too seriously until I hear something out of Intel or a more definative word on the subject. But I am certainly keeping my fingers crossed anyway
Thought you might find this interesting either way
Solr_Flare
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