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Core 2 Duo Benchmarking

by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 07, 2006 8:38am PDT

Related Topics – Intel

AnandTech's Computex coverage includes this Core 2 Duo (Conroe) benchmarking article, where they independently assembled a machine for testing. Gaming performance was tested with Quake 4, Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R.

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It's sounding like I will probably be upgrading to a conroe chip later this year or early next year then.

My cpu's have been P3 1ghz --> AMD 2000XP --> Athlon64 3200+.. so it will be the first intel in a while, and that's a little disappointing for me... Not because I'm a fanboy, but it's just that AMD having had the performance lead for a while has done great things for competition and prices. Intel is such a behemoth that it wouldn't have hurt at all for AMD to keep the lead for some time longer. I hope the K8L is a sweet chip and bests conroe. The sooner the better too.

Jun 08, 2006 5:46am PDT

It's sounding like I will probably be upgrading to a conroe chip later this year or early next year then.... : moneyshot

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I'll wait for AMD's solution. Much cheaper and usually just as good.

Jun 07, 2006 12:27pm PDT

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I'll wait for AMD's solution. Much cheaper and usually just as good. : Vic Viper
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  K8L, and you got a year before it rolls out from what I hear. : sheepraper
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    Good...I can hold off and buy an X2 chip in the Fall with a DX 10 card and be ready for it when that also... : Vic Viper
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      DX10 cards are going to be out by this fall? : datoo
      
      So the story goes, but I would think closer to late winter before you can REALLY get one. This is ALL A ... : sheepraper
- They are not much cheaper at all. The X2s are expensive. : tigeN

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it's AAAALLLL about price to me unfortunately....whichever core eventually brings one in under 2-300$ is my next choice....would be nice to be able to pick on performance alone, but some of us can't do that :(

Jun 07, 2006 9:58am PDT

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it's AAAALLLL about price to me unfortunately....whichever core eventually brings one in under 2-300$ is ... : crypt_33
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- http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5692&page=3 : mallocated

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2 Core 2 Extreme

Jun 07, 2006 10:29am PDT

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- more faster and more furiouser : afrochops

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Would have been nice if they put more than two paragraphs and one graphic per page full of advertisements.

Jun 07, 2006 8:54am PDT

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Would have been nice if they put more than two paragraphs and one graphic per page full of advertisements... : MR 9000
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  Yeah, any hardware site but Hardocp seems to do this now. : theflux
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    I like anandtech, cause you can hit "print this article" and view the whole thing. : Speedy8
    - banned : Liquid

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Problem is, when you raise the resolution to around 1600x1200 or above, the CPU plays a much smaller role. I bet if they benchmarked the FX vs Duo 2 at those resolutions with a Crossfire or SLI setup, we wouldn't see anywhere close to the same percentages we see at 1024x768.

Jun 07, 2006 1:55pm PDT

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Problem is, when you raise the resolution to around 1600x1200 or above, the CPU plays a much smaller role... : 5150Joker
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- I'm thinking that at resolutions we want to play, virtually all cpu solutions will bench similar : baron calamity
- Yeah, but the point of these kind of tests is to see what the processor can do. I don't want to see vide... : Liquid

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For those of you with a new Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop, it's been confirmed that Merom works! Same goes for the Dell M1710 laptop.

Jun 07, 2006 12:58pm PDT

For those of you with a new Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop, it's been confirmed that Merom works! Same goes f... : 5150Joker

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i want one

Jun 07, 2006 9:15am PDT

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  Dude, you're gettin a DELL! : falkan
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    I just bought a Dell Inspiron with dual core :'( Anything think I'll be able to dedicate a processor s... : disposition
    - not a chance! : Postal

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Wow...I wasn't expecting it to trounce the FX62 like that in games...

Jun 07, 2006 9:02am PDT

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Wow...I wasn't expecting it to trounce the FX62 like that in games... : Stangs44
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- it stomped all over the fx for games. you wouldnt expect that with identical video cards, there's alot o... : iggypopped

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would of been nice if they benchmarked more than just the top of the line Core 2 Duo.

Jun 07, 2006 8:46am PDT

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would of been nice if they benchmarked more than just the top of the line Core 2 Duo. : Shadowdane
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  Yeah it'd be nice to see results from chips that won't be $900. : Carnivac
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    I have to guess that the main stream and entry Core 2 Duo chips aren't going to be significantly faster t... : baron calamity
    - this says otherwise: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5692&page=3 says even the E6600 @ ~$30... : Shadowdane

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Intel 4ever.. :)

Jun 07, 2006 10:13am PDT

Intel 4ever.. :) : DN_