Dueling Dual Cores: AMD vs. Intel

Sidney · 9th June 2005, 15:46

Also included in today's testing is the new Pentium D Model 820, a 2.8GHz dual-core part. Perhaps in an effort to differentiate this line of dual cores from the Pentium Extreme Edition 840, the D Models do not support Hyper-Threading, though both have an 800 MHz front-side bus and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. The most interesting aspect of the D Model 820, however, is that of price: the 820 is currently stickered at $241 in units of 1,000, making it extremely affordable for home builders interested in experimenting with a dual-core system. In contrast to this low price, the Pentium 840 runs at $999 and AMD's X2 4800+ $1,001, though as SimHQ's initial testing showed the Athlon dual core demonstrated very strong performance in today's non-threaded titles while the Extreme Edition 840 lagged somewhat behind Intel's single-core processors due to a larger clock speed difference between the parts. Worth noting for overclockers, however, is that Intel is currently shipping the EE 840 with an unlocked multiplier.

http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_055a.html

Sidney · 9th June 2005, 15:48

The 820 D is $313 at Newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116213

9th June 2005, 16:08

tomshardware is doing a stress test (running several applications for days) and somethign funny happend with the intel CPU

Sidney · 9th June 2005, 16:13

You mean this -

http://madshrimps.be/forums/showthre...threadid=15408

I'm surprised to see Intel stilling selling processors; while AMD processors are running with no fuss in cooling.

jmke · 9th June 2005, 16:28

that article is real seller for AMD

9th June 2005, 15:46	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Dueling Dual Cores: AMD vs. Intel Also included in today's testing is the new Pentium D Model 820, a 2.8GHz dual-core part. Perhaps in an effort to differentiate this line of dual cores from the Pentium Extreme Edition 840, the D Models do not support Hyper-Threading, though both have an 800 MHz front-side bus and 1 MB of L2 cache per core. The most interesting aspect of the D Model 820, however, is that of price: the 820 is currently stickered at $241 in units of 1,000, making it extremely affordable for home builders interested in experimenting with a dual-core system. In contrast to this low price, the Pentium 840 runs at $999 and AMD's X2 4800+ $1,001, though as SimHQ's initial testing showed the Athlon dual core demonstrated very strong performance in today's non-threaded titles while the Extreme Edition 840 lagged somewhat behind Intel's single-core processors due to a larger clock speed difference between the parts. Worth noting for overclockers, however, is that Intel is currently shipping the EE 840 with an unlocked multiplier. http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_055a.html __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

9th June 2005, 15:48	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The 820 D is $313 at Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116213 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

9th June 2005, 16:13	#4
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	You mean this - http://madshrimps.be/forums/showthre...threadid=15408 I'm surprised to see Intel stilling selling processors; while AMD processors are running with no fuss in cooling. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

9th June 2005, 16:28	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	that article is real seller for AMD __________________

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9th June 2005, 16:08	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	tomshardware is doing a stress test (running several applications for days) and somethign funny happend with the intel CPU