"Conroe" Extreme Processors Confirmed

[Kougar]

3.2GHz "Conroe" gets confirmed by Intel

Intel representatives just contacted DailyTech with the following information:

The Core 2 Extreme processor (Conroe based) will ship at 2.93GHz at Core 2 Duo launch. We will also have a 3.2GHz version by end of the year. And as you know, the Quad Core enthusiast SKU, Kentsfield, is planned for Q1'07.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2625 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2625)

So to recap... at launch the flagship will be a 2.93ghz Conroe... near the end of the year will be a 3.2ghz Extreme processor (Which should compress prices nicely from the high-end down to the midrange parts), and lastly come January Intel will release Kentsfield. Kentsfield is a quad-core Extreme Edition processor, using two "Conroes" for a total of 4 physical CPU cores. It looks like this quad-core extreme edition chip might keep the traditional $999 price tag... for four CPUs of Conroe's power, this actually sounds reasonable! :paw:

One drawback though is that Intel already released info that the FSB on Kentsfield would be limited to 1066FSB due to electrical constraints on the Front Side Bus.

Edited for my atrocious spelling.

[Gray]

Yup intells "NEW" FSB will have to wait. So I will have to wait to buy one. :)
But 4 Conroes in 1 package will be great!

I see my future before me, it almost seems layed out. lol.

[Kougar]

Intel has a new FSB? From what I have heard the only new development in this area was with high-end servers, where they plan to use a "double" FSB... really two separate FSBs to connect the CPUs to the northbridge. After Kentsfield is history, I can see that they'll have had to do something though in the other market segments....

One thing that is really interesting though, is that the current FSB is not a bottleneck for Conroe. Conroe has been scaling in a near perfect linear scale as it's clock speed is ramped up! To borrow a graph from the THG forum's Conroe thread:

Source: Iterations (http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1054935#1054935)
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8716/conroeperflinear2pf.png

[Johnie]

Dont know details about Intel's new FSB...but it's really interesting to see Conroe's times above...Thanks Kougar! :wink:

It really seems like FSB is no bottleneck for Conroe...at least not until 5Ghz core speed...so this CPU (at least in my views) is really GREAT performer! And I could only wish to have one in my rig someday...in 2050 perhaps? :mrgreen: :twisted: :roll:

Also almost 10sec for 1M digits in SuperPI is AWESOME! Everything under 30 sec is great...but 10secs....AMAZING!8) :paw: :wink:

[Kougar]

I know! I am drooling over Conroe so badly I'm probably going to need to add a new keyboard to my very long list of parts needed for a new computer...

The chart above is missing the last 5ghz @ 10.28seconds SuperPI time, but considering that almost every day they break another record with it, not to mention everything else, that the point will be moot. I'll probably be back updating this thread again later tonight with another faster OC and time. :roll:

[werty316]

The Core Extreme Edition Series was suppose to use a 1333MHz FSB.? Bah on SuperPI I only care for gaming benches.

Here are some benchmarks comparing the Conroe XE 3.2GHz, E6800, P-D EE 965 and FX-62 and again no gaming benchmarks:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1970191,00.asp

[mousiness]

i bet itll cost 2k when it first comes out...

[Kougar]

i bet itll cost 2k when it first comes out...

No, all Extreme parts will only be $999, give or take market demand/supply. While I can't be 100% sure, the Exreme Kentsfield should also clock in at the same price... which might just be worth it, or pretty darn close if it doesn't show any major bottlenecking issues...

Werty, thanks for the link!!! I'm going to have to keep a better eye on their website from here on out! :p

[werty316]

It is gonna be interesting come July 23rd. AMD better have something good come Christmas.

[mousiness]

im not so sure of that werty...hehehe:twisted: 8-)