Very Nice review with wide range of benches on all Core 2 Duo CPU's.

[Fallengod]

I dunno but I want one already. Those are killer scores. Im glad I downgraded my AMD rig to go back to a cheap 3200 venice and 1gb so im not gonna loose too much selling it.

 

[raz3000]

Originally posted by: mithrandir2001
Why aren't these people stuck with the restrictions of the NDA?

Intel is getting free positive publicity and hype. Why would they crack down?

What's more remarkable is the guy benchmarking quadcore kentsfield on the extreme forums. Despite the fact his benchmarks show awesome performance, I would think Intel is peeved he did this on the eve of Conroe's launch.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Originally posted by: raz3000

Originally posted by: mithrandir2001
Why aren't these people stuck with the restrictions of the NDA?

Intel is getting free positive publicity and hype. Why would they crack down?

What's more remarkable is the guy benchmarking quadcore kentsfield on the extreme forums. Despite the fact his benchmarks show awesome performance, I would think Intel is peeved he did this on the eve of Conroe's launch.

A NDA is a promise/contract so a violation, even to reveal good information, is still a violation. You don't want to set a precedent by being flexible in enforcement. Otherwise you should just get rid of the NDAs.

As a consumer, I don't like NDAs; I want my information now not later. So I don't care that these Core 2 Duo figures are available on that French site but I just wonder how they can get away with it whereas Anand has to withhold data for another 3 weeks.

Actually, it appears AMD is the one most screwed by these early Core benches; why would you buy an expensive FX chip now?

 

[Howard]

Damn, the E6300 at 2.4GHz performs just as well as the E6600.

 

[Skott]

Well, the French have been known to thumb their noses at others so maybe they dont care what Intel says? Or maybe due to them being in Europe different rules apply and they can legally do it without fear of Intel's wrath? For all we know Intel may have given them a nod to release the info as a PR play. Right now my main concern is that the tests were acurate and honest. Not saying they arent but I been trying to keep a wait and see attitude about a finished product before deciding wether Intel has a winner finally. As more and more info is slowly leaked out it though it sure looks bright for Intel and Conroe.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: mithrandir2001

Originally posted by: raz3000

Originally posted by: mithrandir2001
Why aren't these people stuck with the restrictions of the NDA?

Intel is getting free positive publicity and hype. Why would they crack down?

What's more remarkable is the guy benchmarking quadcore kentsfield on the extreme forums. Despite the fact his benchmarks show awesome performance, I would think Intel is peeved he did this on the eve of Conroe's launch.

A NDA is a promise/contract so a violation, even to reveal good information, is still a violation. You don't want to set a precedent by being flexible in enforcement. Otherwise you should just get rid of the NDAs.

As a consumer, I don't like NDAs; I want my information now not later. So I don't care that these Core 2 Duo figures are available on that French site but I just wonder how they can get away with it whereas Anand has to withhold data for another 3 weeks.

Actually, it appears AMD is the one most screwed by these early Core benches; why would you buy an expensive FX chip now?

same reason ppl bought "extra expensive" EE P4s when they were outperformed by midrange-low end offerening from AMD

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

Originally posted by: Skott
Well, the French have been known to thumb their noses at others so maybe they dont care what Intel says? Or maybe due to them being in Europe different rules apply and they can legally do it without fear of Intel's wrath? For all we know Intel may have given them a nod to release the info as a PR play. Right now my main concern is that the tests were acurate and honest. Not saying they arent but I been trying to keep a wait and see attitude about a finished product before deciding wether Intel has a winner finally. As more and more info is slowly leaked out it though it sure looks bright for Intel and Conroe.

on the other hand it probably is in Intels own interest that benches and numbers are leaking, at least its cheap ad for their product.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: BlingBlingArsch

Originally posted by: Skott
Well, the French have been known to thumb their noses at others so maybe they dont care what Intel says? Or maybe due to them being in Europe different rules apply and they can legally do it without fear of Intel's wrath? For all we know Intel may have given them a nod to release the info as a PR play. Right now my main concern is that the tests were acurate and honest. Not saying they arent but I been trying to keep a wait and see attitude about a finished product before deciding wether Intel has a winner finally. As more and more info is slowly leaked out it though it sure looks bright for Intel and Conroe.

on the other hand it probably is in Intels own interest that benches and numbers are leaking, at least its cheap ad for their product.

Yeah, thats what I meant by, "For all we know Intel may have given them a nod to release the info as a PR play."

I'm glad the article came out though. I found it interesting. Kudos to the guy that put the translated link up for us. Forget who it was.

 

[Check]

First of all, Holy mother of French.

Secondly

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
yep, i am definitely getting the E6600 and a nice 975x board...now to see if i can drivers to enable sli...hehe.

No way man, 965 is where it is at. Who cares if it is a lower number it is newer and it is the one and the one made with conroe in mind.

Great to see Abit with a board, AB9 Pro here I come!