A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130? 288
joshmo97 writes "Tom's Hardware has found that the Pentium D 805 runs stable at 4.1 GHz and outperforms Intel and AMD's flagship offerings in many benchmarks. From the article: 'The Pentium D 805 is a budget CPU, but it puts lots of processors from AMD and Intel to shame. Although it is not based on the latest 65 nm core, this CPU remains stable even when operating at amazing 4.1 GHz. The Pentium D 805 ascends to the throne as the new King of overclocking, knocking out the AMD Opteron 144.'"
Longevity? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Longevity? (Score:5, Insightful)
This hack may be ok for a gaming rig, but I wouldn't do it to my workstation.
Tom
More underclocking/undervolting articles! (Score:5, Insightful)
Sample size (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Article overclocking! (Score:3, Insightful)
NO need for 4.1 GHz (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:I used to be Intel all the way years ago. (Score:3, Insightful)
The point of the article is that it's possible to get good value for your money now. I've run dual core for 3 months at home and dual proc for 3 years at work. I own a small computer computer business. I have hard time telling anyone to buy a single core if any dual core is available for under $150. The second core just makes such a big difference for regular usage for OS level tasks.
Would I prefer AMD to have an offering in that price range? Sure, but they don't, and at the moment, it's easy to see where your money is best spent right now. The fact the D805 overclocks insanely for some chips isn't even relevant for most home users, and all business users- because they won't be overclocking.
Is Intel going to regret selling these for under $150? Probably, but if you can't beat them on performance (ignoring the occasional superchip), you sell in volume with good values. That's how AMD survived during the K5 and K6 years.
Waiting for the next best thing is kinda silly in the computer world. Well, waiting more than a week, anyways. :)
Re:More underclocking/undervolting articles! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:More underclocking/undervolting articles! (Score:2, Insightful)
i am not nocking this proccessor.. i am happey to see these days agian.. it has seemed like both Intel and AMD have both been pushing out max clocked cpu's sence the 1gz barrier was simi broken by intel with cpu's that could run but not compile a kernal
i might look into this cpu for a few things but i think they are trying to hype it up a little to much and are going to piss off alot of people when they can't get that 3.2ghz because they used the stock fan..
although i am suprized that the stock fan can't handel more.. that would be the first intel boxed fan i have seen that wasn't designed to handel atleast one step higher for computers with poor ventalation..
Diminishing Returns (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Longevity? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:ARTICLE TEXT (or, "Bite Me, Tom's Hardware") (Score:3, Insightful)
This is what I've come to expect from sites purporting to be hardware enthusiast sites, and is why I don't visit them unless I have to. The actual content in one page is about 10% of the entire page, the rest is navigation and ads. I swear, this type of site knows nothing about sensible layout and design, as if these people are user interface and art school drop-outs. Two menu bars at the top, two columns on the side, a table of contents, piles and piles of ads, all on EVERY PAGE.
Re:260 Watts. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:ARTICLE TEXT (or, "Bite Me, Tom's Hardware") (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Longevity? (Score:3, Insightful)
FWIW: I do not work on processors, I work on ASICs so YMMV in the proc world.
-nB
Re:260 Watts. (Score:1, Insightful)
Wasted as what? Oh ya, heat. Unless you think the by product is something else, and if so then those byproducts will eventually be heat.
You're Forgetting (Score:3, Insightful)