Chris Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Last week, Intel unveiled its brand new Core microarchitecture under the guise of Core 2 Duo. I spent many, many man-hours testing four of the new processors, concluding that Core 2 Duo simply kicks ass in every processor-intensive task I've tested.With the exception of gaming performance - which is limited by the video card nowadays - Core 2 is simply so much faster than AMD's equivalent processors, leaving little reason to consider buying a new desktop machine with an AMD processor at the heart. Just hold on for a minute before we get too carried away, because happenings during Intel's quaterly conference call have changed the economics of upgrading to a new Core 2 Duo system next week. Yesterday, Intel's Chief Executive Paul Otellini said that "We notified customers we're pulling in both the desktop and server [launch] of the first quad-core processors into the fourth quarter of this year from the first half of 2007.""It now appears to make little sense to spend money on a Core 2 Duo too, unless you're planning on using the chip as a stop gap."So, Intel has just launched its new dual-core processors based on the Core microarchitecture, and they are set to be replaced by quad-core processors at the end of this year. This announcement will make Intel's Core 2 Duo processors obsolete before they've even had the chance to really penetrate the market in any substantial volumes.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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