Need to know how your Extreme (QX9650) fairs against the new Extreme - Intel's (Nehalem) Core i7 Extreme 965 Socket 1366. Is it a fair fight or a simple pushover. Read as we pit them against each other in a synthetic benchmark fight using 3DMark Vantage. And if that isn't juicy enough we will overclock the CPUs upto 4.0GHz.
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Intel brought back a nice feature of the past to Core i7 series, which is the Hyper-Threading Technology. With HT, Core i7 is able to handle 8 software threads on 4 cores. We have spent some time to see if the Hyper-Threading on the Core i7 processors actually helps in improving performance. Using the X58 platform and HD 4850X2 card, we checked out Core i7 performance on 3DMark Vantage, CineBench 10, Crysis Warhead and Far Cry 2 with and without Hyper-Threading.
Overclocking your CPU will affect the rest of your system components in various ways. We look at how a single GTX 280 card is affected with syntethic benchmarking using 3DMark06.
It is good to know when will your good old processor be phased out officially by Intel. As seen from the Product Lifecycle Roadmap, Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and QX9650 will reach EOL by Q2 '09 while Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Q6700 will reach EOL by Q1 '09. The good old Q6600 outlast the rest of the quad core will live through H1 next year. Core 2 Duo E8200, E8190, Q6850, E6750, E6550, E6540, E4600, E4700 will all reach EOL by Q1 '09 while Pentium E2200, E2180 and Celeron E1200 will reach EOL by Q2 '09.
Overclocking your CPU will affect the rest of your system components in various ways. We look at how a single 9800GTX card is affected with syntethic benchmarking using 3DMark06.
Intel will be updating their Montevina line-up with new mobile processors in Q2 '09 with a Penryn based Core 2 Duo T9900 which tops 3.06GHz and a Core 2 Duo P8800 at 2.66GHz. However, Montevina Refresh Platform is going to be very short-lived as the new Calpella Platform will launch in Q3 '09 made up of the Nehalem-based Clarksfield mobile processors and Ibex Peak-M (GM57, GM55, PM55) chipsets. In the entry level space, there will be Penryn-based Celerons succeeding the Merom-based Celerons in Q3 next year along with several new entry level chipsets like GL43 and GS40.
Intel has extended its lead in the high-end server segment, setting new standards in virtualization performance with the launch of seven 45 nm manufactured Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series products. These products offer frequencies up to 2.66 GHz and power levels down to 50 watts, including the first 6-core, x86 compatible 65-watt version which translates to just under 11 watts per processor core, with platforms available in rack, tower and highly dense blade form factors. Pricing for the Xeon® 7000 Sequence processors in quantities of 1,000 ranges from $ 856 to $ 2,729.
