techreport.com — Intel has officially unwrapped its Core 2 Duo processors, and The Tech Report has an in-depth look at how the chips compare with AMD's latest, including the new Energy Efficient Athlon 64s. Core 2 Duos dominate the benchmark results and power consumption tests, asserting Intel as the new king of desktop performance, and performance per watt.
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Closed AccountJul 14, 2006
its gonna be in my new PC next munf
troydoogle7Jul 14, 2006
This is really comparable...... Lets compare a brand new bleeding edge just released today processor with some that have been out for months!!!!. I look forward to reading the next article they write in 2 months when AMD release their new processors..... The digg post will go something like...New AMD processors dominate Core Duo 2 in independent tests....
tarollioJul 14, 2006
Tech report has the most fair analysis of Conroe compared with AMD's current lineup I have seen on the web today. Everywhere else does not compare the full lineup with half as many benchmarks. This isn't the 20% better around the board we were seeing from the samples but still a very impressive showing by Intel. If i can get my hands on one in the next couple of months I will have my first Intel chip ever. I have been an AMD fan-boy for a long time and will be again if the K8L lives up to what I think it will in '08.
statictenJul 14, 2006
I hear AMD has nothing up their sleeve for this one.......damn.......i guess tides do turn...
passivexJul 16, 2006
I've been on AMD since the K6 CPUs (with the infamous Celery 300A being an exception) but recently switched to all Intel because I can get a fairly decent PC out of $500 Dell Dimensions ($750 for E510 with 2007WFP screen). Now I'm just waiting for Dell to offer the Core 2 Duo E6600 in a desktop XPS system for the sub-1K price range.
abortedfetusJul 29, 2006
Looks like AMD's price cuts aren't going to cut it. Even after the price cuts, these new Conroe ships are spanking the X2's in almost every benchmark. I'm checking out the E6600 ($329 about) which outperforms the FX-62 in a lot of tests! Looks like Intel has taken back the crown from AMD with these sexy new CPUs.