Before we start off, besides Intel, I need to thank two manufacturers for helping me out in this review. As explained on page one, when the processor arrived in our test-lab we figured that the good ...

Intel has needed to use DDR3 at 1,600MHz to catch up with AMD's memory throughput on the Athlon 64 X2, but according to Everest, even Intel still can't match AMD's last generation memory write speed.

Here's the state of play facing your desktop processor department. Your medium-term memory is hazy, having conveniently forgotten the year-on-year beating that your Pentium 4 NetBurst architecture ...

Intel newest top-of-the-line quad-core processor, the QX9770, won't officially ship until 2Q, but we've got a review unit. It's the most interesting device to come out of Intel in a while, since it ...

Alienware — the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems — now offers the Intel QX9770 Core™ 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor on the new Area-51 desktop ...

No, the one very distinct difference is this, the FSB (Front Side Bus) is clocked much higher at 1600 MHz. When you compare it to the previous generation products the L2-cache has been increased ...

Understandably the faster memory and increase front side bus speed have an affect on the power consumption, but it's not by much, and even the QX9770 is still uses less power than the favoured Core 2 ...

This morning we have a performance preview of Intel's soon to be released Core 2 Extreme QX9770 quad-core processor. Right on the heels of AMD's Phenom launch, Intel is seemingly going for the ...

It looks like Intel is giving a few of the LGA775 processors the axe. Both of the Core 2 Extreme quad core chips will be retired in June 2009. Intel has already sent out the PDN (Product ...

Page 9: Gaming: Crysis and F.E.A.R. Page 10: Power Consumption Page 11: Our Summary and Conclusion Thirty million transistors on the head of a pin. Think about that for a minute. Where on earth can ...

If it seems like we just delivered our first 45nm processor review a few weeks ago, don’t worry, it was. The processor in that review brought a lot to the table, but we won’t touch on it all here ...

Our initial look at the AMD Phenom 9600 highlighted that it wasn't fast enough to compete against a 65nm Kentsfield-based Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, which was a shame, really. What's more, its pricing ...