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Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme X6800 Review

Hardware Secrets takes a look at the ever sexy Conroe CPUs entering the market. The Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) and Intel Core Extreme X6800 (2.93 GHz) processors are two hign end samples from the new Intel desktop CPU family based on the new Core microarchitecture.

Core 2 is the new desktop CPU family from Intel, based on the new Core microarchitecture. For desktops Core 2 comes in two flavors: Core 2 Duo, which replaces Pentium D, and Core 2 Extreme, which replaces Pentium Extreme Edition. Core 2 desktop version was formerly known as Conroe and in this review we will check the performance of two models, Core 2 Duo E6700, which runs at 2.66 GHz, and Core 2 Extreme X6800, which runs at 2.93 GHz. We will compare them to the most high-end CPUs from AMD to date, including Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and Athlon 64 FX-62. Who has the fastest desktop CPU, Intel or AMD? Read on.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 to go head to head with AM2 3600+ X2

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Intel is to soon announce a new addition to it's excellent line up of Core 2 duo processors. The 6th member of the family is dubbed the E4300, which replaces the originally intended 1.6 GHz E4200. The E4300 is to have a clock speed of 1.8 GHz and sports a 2 MB L2 cache. However, unlike the rest of the lineup, will run at a bus speed of 800 MHz opposed to 1066 MHz.

Pricing is unknown as of now, but we think it will retail around the $150 mark. The CPU is Intel's weapon against the 3600+ X2, AMD's low budget dual core solution.

It is expected that by Q1 2007, Core 2 Duo will have replaced the Pentium D, and take over Intel's mainstream market.

We'll run some benchmarks with the E4300 once we obtain an engineer sample, so keep reading!!

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Intel 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo E6300 Review

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All the recent hype about the new line of Core 2 Duo processors has definitely caused a lot of excitement among PC enthusiasts worldwide. With the NDA expiring on the 14th of July, Maxit Mag is proud to present a review of the entry level E6300. Dubbed Allendale, this 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU has 2 MB of L2 cache compared with the 4 MB found in its Conroe siblings.

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Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Socket AM2 Review

Hardware Secrets gets to grip with the high-end CPU from AMD, the Athlon 64 FX-62, a dual-core CPU running at 2.8 GHz with two 1 MB L2 memory caches. It's based on the new AM2 socket and supports DDR2 memories.

Here is a snippet:

"Athlon 64 FX-62 is right now the most high-end CPU from AMD, incorporating dual-core technology, socket AM2 (i.e. DDR2 memory support), 2.8 GHz internal clock and 1 MB L2 memory cache for each core. We had the chance of reviewing this beast and compare it to other dual-core CPUs from AMD: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (socket AM2, 2.6 GHz, 512 MB L2 memory cache), Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (socket 939, 2.4 GHz, 512 MB L2 memory cache) and Athlon FX-60 (socket 939, 2.6 GHz, 1 MB L2 memory cache). Let’s see how this new CPU performs. "

With Conroe right around the corner, it looks like AM2 and the FX-62 is due for a serious Intel spanking.

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New interactive AMD Athlon 64 product ID guide version 2.1

Here's a useful guide for AMD owners from Overclocked Inside.

The interactive product ID guide for the fast identification of all current AMD Athlon 64
processors is now online in the new version 2.1
It includes now all Socket AM2 and Socket S1 based processors and furthermore all current AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Turion 64 X2 dual core CPUs.

For simple identification select the product ID (OPN label) of the AMD Athlon 64 CPU
over the drop-down fields and see immediately the description of the selected processor
within the virtual CPU picture. (e.g. type, codename, revision, frequency, Vcore, temperature, Cache, number of CPUs, etc.). There's probably no easier way to identify the data without an installation of the CPU.

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