Maxit Mag - Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme X6800 Review

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Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme X6800 Review

Monday, 31 July 2006 07:01

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.