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The editors liked
Sturdy
Good for multitasking
Major leap in performance on multitasking and most multithreaded applications
Lots of apparent headroom for overclocking an already fast chip
The editors didn't like
Expensive
High price tag
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Abstract: Our review of Core 2 Extreme QX6700, the first Intel quad-core CPU running at 2.66 GHz and compatible with socket 775 platform. Does quad-core CPUs really improve PC performance? Check it out.
Published: 2006-11-03, Author: Sean , review by: planetx64.com
Abstract: So are four cores better than two? The answer is both a resounding yes and a disappointing no.For gaming, four cores is not going to show much of an improvement over two or even one until game developers begin coding games to take advantage of them. N...
Abstract: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core ProcessorAt an Intel press conference earlier, we were shown just how fast the new Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was. When they compared it against a Core 2 Duo E6700, which ran at the same clock speed, the quad-core proce...
Abstract: A quad-core processor of Core 2 eXtreme series marked QX6700 actually features two Core 2 Duo E6700 dies assembled in a single body. Remember that please: two dies, not one. We couldnt bring ourselves to break the processor, but its cache organization...
Abstract: First of all, a brief contents of the review for those readers who immediately move to the performance diagrams. So, Intel has released a 4-core processor which appears to be two Conroe cores packaged in a single housing. Therefore, in programs that of...
Abstract: Since the release of Intel’s Conroe micro-architecture, the company has been making waves, massive waves. In terms of performance, Intel washed away main competitor AMD, and they have continued to do so during the past three months with the success of ...
Like any solution with four CPU cores, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700s effectiveness depends on what you feed it. Give it a nicely parallelizable task with four or more threads, and it will utterly embarrass former top dogs like the Core 2 Extreme X6800 an...
Reviewing the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 has been a hugely interesting experience. Before installing the CPU the consensus from everyone in the team was that there would be some excellent gains to be had from using this CPU compared to both AMD an...
Intels new Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is probably the fastest processor we have ever tested. Though some may argue that the prevalence of single threaded applications over multi-threaded ones is a reason to keep with single-core CPUs, that may hold true f...
Knocks the socks of all other processors in audio, image and video encoding
High power requirements; no improvement in many programs as yet; expensive
A future-proofed CPU thats fast in all situations and record breaking in others, but youll find many applications will need an update to take full advantage of its power ...