Affiliate Article: Intel IDF & Conroe Performance

Spectrum · 12-March-06, 05:23 PM

Intel Conroe performance previewed

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Originally Posted by The Tech Report


	SPRING IDF -- We were among a select group of publications here at IDF to get a chance to do some hands-on testing with Intel's next-generation desktop processor, code-named Conroe. Although the results are obviously very preliminary, they give us something of a window into how Intel's new CPU may perform when it arrives. Read on for a first look at Conroe performance, compared directly to an overclocked dual-core Athlon 64 system. Full Story at The Tech Report

The Near Term Future of Intel

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Originally Posted by Designtechnica


	Clearly, Intel has been in a funk lately. AMD has been hitting them so regularly that the old Intel Bunny Men are looking more like punching bags than mascots. At the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF), where Intel talks to those who develop on their platforms, Intel went to a great deal of trouble to create the impression that they are coming back with a vengeance. Uniquely to this IDF, there are strong implications for what Apple will have in the second half; for the first time in history, there is a promise that we will see the hardware OEMs (including Apple) go at each other with nearly identical technology. In addition, both Apple and Microsoft are expected to have new versions of their operating systems. It will be an interesting year. Full Story at Designtechnica

Intel's Conroe Performance

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Originally Posted by PC Perspective


	At the more reasonable resolution, that gamers might actually play at, the minimum frame rate is 23% faster and the average frame rate is 11% faster in the favor of Conroe once again. These are much more modest performance gains, but are still very impressive as we have never seen a simple processor change result in this much of a performance gain in an application that normally is a beast on current systems. Full Story at PC Perspective

Intel: the ups and downs of IDF

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Originally Posted by bit-tech


	DTCP-IP is no different, based as it is on the above architecture. This is something Intel admits: "The industry is not going to be able to stop any rogue attempt to do this," I was told today. "The attempt is to be fair and to respect digital rights and protect them to the best of our ability. To say that this is so rock solid it will never be broken... that's a silly answer to give. Full Story at bit-tech

IDF Spring 2006 Coverage: Day 2

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Originally Posted by X-bit labs


	Today I am going to share some details on Intel’s own advanced liquid cooling system an, of course, the Intel Conroe performance details in some popular synthetic and gaming benchmarks. Full Story at X-bit labs

beachbum86 · 13-March-06, 07:29 PM

I was talking with Cpt. Planet about conroe and was convinced to stay with intel on my next upgrade. now with conroe, not only does intel pwn in the video/audio compression feild but also in gaming which is huge news, they compared a 2.66ghz conroe against a FX60@2.8ghz and the conroe killed the fx in game performance.

Im interested to see what amd2 has instore to compete with this new monster of a cpu.

Reza · 13-March-06, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by beachbum86


	I was talking with Cpt. Planet about conroe and was convinced to stay with intel on my next upgrade. now with conroe, not only does intel pwn in the video/audio compression feild but also in gaming which is huge news, they compared a 2.66ghz conroe against a FX60@2.8ghz and the conroe killed the fx in game performance. Im interested to see what amd2 has instore to compete with this new monster of a cpu.

I can't wait to see what AMD come up with, i'm sure it will be something as equally impressing but i'm not worried about switching for performance issues, i'm mainly a gamer and most games are GPU intensive not CPU intensive so what I currently have should be capable for a few years yet. Still its nice to see some real competition between Intel and AMD at last.

steveyblack · 16-March-06, 10:22 PM

just wait till the new gen. of amd comes out, its going to do what this cpu did to the FX60, out perform it, but thats the partern...there also many other factors here, (ex- price, stabillity, compatabillity)...i dont know about you guys i dont always look for performance i look for reliability, price, and compatablility and not always speed..

Iateronmly · 18-March-06, 02:06 AM

Eh - reliability... I've never had a CPU fail from regular use.

Spectrum · 19-March-06, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Iateronmly


	Eh - reliability... I've never had a CPU fail from regular use.

Regular is the key word there...

Here's another decent write up on Conroe

Intel's Conroe, it's good, but don't hold your breath?

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Originally Posted by Hardware Analysis


	Intel's Conroe, it's good, but don't hold your breath? Intel released preliminary performance results for their new Conroe processor last week, we take a few steps back and look at the bigger picture, including AMD's position. Full Story at Hardware Analysis

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13-March-06, 07:29 PM		#2 (permalink)
beachbum86 Apex Tech God	I was talking with Cpt. Planet about conroe and was convinced to stay with intel on my next upgrade. now with conroe, not only does intel pwn in the video/audio compression feild but also in gaming which is huge news, they compared a 2.66ghz conroe against a FX60@2.8ghz and the conroe killed the fx in game performance. Im interested to see what amd2 has instore to compete with this new monster of a cpu.

16-March-06, 10:22 PM		#4 (permalink)
steveyblack Apex Advanced Techie	just wait till the new gen. of amd comes out, its going to do what this cpu did to the FX60, out perform it, but thats the partern...there also many other factors here, (ex- price, stabillity, compatabillity)...i dont know about you guys i dont always look for performance i look for reliability, price, and compatablility and not always speed..

18-March-06, 02:06 AM		#5 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator	Eh - reliability... I've never had a CPU fail from regular use.