Quad-core Gaming Chips

Quad-core Gaming Chips

Intel plans to ship quad-core processors in November 06 for servers and gaming PCs. Multiple vendors have plans to sell quad-core-based PCs for the high-end gaming market, including Dell and its Alienware division, Gateway, Velocity... [more]

Intel plans to ship quad-core processors in November 06 for servers and gaming PCs. Multiple vendors have plans to sell quad-core-based PCs for the high-end gaming market, including Dell and its Alienware division, Gateway, Velocity Micro, and Voodoo.

Extra cores in a chip allows the PC to split up heavy workloads.

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Say you need some additional firepower for the latest online shooter and decide to assign three of the four cores of your Intel Quad Core CPU to that single application and run the rest of the applications on the remaining cpu core. That’s a valid scenario don’t you think? It does not have to be a game though, you could assign a cpu intense application to a core and the rest of the applications to another. SMP Seesaw (via Download Squad ) is the application that you are looking for if you want to control the cpu cores in detail. It’s probably more of ... Read Full Story
Written by TechPaul on
From time to time in my writing I have made reference to Moore’s Law ; which, phrased simply, means “the power of computers doubles every 18 months” (some say two years). I like Moore’s Law– smaller, faster, double the power (and often, power consumption is lower too). Moore’s Law is most often comes up when speaking about CPU ’s (your computer’s “brain”). My first Intel computer ran a very good CPU– a 486 DX (at 133MHz [that's .1GHz]). It had a million transistor on it, and was considered Top of the Line. Today’s Top of the Line consumer chip is actually four-CPU’s-in-one (or, “quad-core”) ... Read Full Story
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Intel is scheduling to launch its first quad-core CPU for laptops, the Core 2 Extreme QX9300, in the 3rd quarter this year with pricing set at a novel high of US$1,038 in thousand-unit tray quantities, as per sources at motherboard makers. With the market insisting for top-level laptops still beneath the average, Intel expects the quad-core notebook CPUs will not turn out to be standard in the performance/majority notebook market until the 2nd half of 2009, and therefore it should not crash the desktop PC market, noted the sources. The Core 2 Extreme QX9300 will be manufactured at 45nm and include a core frequency ... Read Full Story
Written by evvo on
As expected, Intel just announced its Clarksfield laptop chips, bringing Core i7 to the laptop form factor. There'll be three chips, two regular quad-cores and a Core i7 Extreme that can run as fast as 3.2GHz in Turbo mode, which selectively shuts off cores and uses the extra power to speed up the the remaining cores while preserving battery life. The parts were demoed working in shipping-ready form on stage, but pricing and availability weren't mentioned -- we'll let you know what we can dig up. Read - Intel's Core i7 Mobile press release Read - HotHardware's Core i7 Mobile review Read - LegitReviews' ... Read Full Story
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As expected, Intel just announced its Clarksfield laptop chips, bringing Core i7 to the laptop form factor. There'll be three chips, two regular quad-cores and a Core i7 Extreme that can run as fast as 3.2GHz in Turbo mode, which selectively shuts off cores and uses the extra power to speed up the the remaining cores while preserving battery life. The parts were demoed working in shipping-ready form on stage, but pricing and availability weren't mentioned -- we'll let you know what we can dig up. Read - Intel's Core i7 Mobile press release Read - HotHardware's Core i7 Mobile review Read - LegitReviews' ... Read Full Story
Although the mass of both current and upcoming Nehalem-based Xeons might suggest otherwise, Intel still hasn't killed its Itanium processor line—far from it. Just yesterday, the company introduced five Itanium 9300 processors based on the brand-new Tukwila architecture. Tukwila features four cores, eight threads, 24MB of L3 cache, Turbo Boost,...  
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As a horde of processors finishes sweating away deep in the bowels of Damage Labs, the transformation of quad-core processors into commodity items seems more striking than ever. Scott has been comparing newer offerings to the Core 2 Quad Q6600, which was Intel's cheapest quad-core CPU when it  
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Intel is preparing six-core chips for high-end desktops and servers for release in the first half of this year, the company said Wednesday. The six-core chips will be based on the company's latest Westmere architecture and deliver faster performance and more power savings compared to earlier quad-core chips, Intel said on a conference call. The chips will contain 1.17 billion transistors and include 12MB of cache, a company spokesman said.  
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Product Type – CPU Processor Type – Intel Core 2 Quad Clock Speed – 2.8GHz Product DescriptionIntel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550 2.83GHz 1333MHz 12MB LGA775 EM64T CPUAmazon.com Product DescriptionAmazon.com Product Description Four computing cores in a single processor give multitasking users the ultimate edge in efficiency and performance—no matter what software application they are running. With [...]  
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HP’s multitouch all-in-one range is the latest to feel the cool touch of Core i7 on its flanks, with the launch of the HP TouchSmart 600 Quad series.  Now available with either Intel’s Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz CPU or Core i7-720QM 1.73GHz CPU, the updated TouchSmart 600 packs up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, up to 1.5TB of HDD and a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT230M graphics chipset. What that basically means is that the specs are unchanged beyond the...  
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Adding more cores to a PC or server helps it compute faster by breaking up the workload.

Intel also plans to maintain current power levels in the new family of four-core chips, to maintain efficiency.  Intel will run the "Core 2 Extreme" chip at 130 watts.  The "Core 2 Quad" will run at 100 watts.  Additional chips are planned for lower power levels.
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