Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > Intel's Conroe: "The Complete Idiot's Guide"

Intel's Conroe: "The Complete Idiot's Guide"

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs - Intel's Conroe: "The Complete Idiot's Guide"

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Benjamonous   05-31-2006 at 11:03:54 AM

So, sorry for the newbie question, but I've seen a lot of info on here about Intel's upcoming Conroe processor, and people are saying it's gonna be great.

I'm wondering if anyone can give me a "quick and dirty" explanation of what Conroe is, and how it's gonna be better. Bullet points, Pros/Cons, etc, would be great!

Thanks

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Benjamonous   06-01-2006 at 08:08:30 AM
- 0 +

So, am I to understand then that Conroe only beats out the top offerings from AMD when it is overclocked? Seems kinda lame.

What makes this processor so good? Why should I buy it?

Reply to Benjamonous
Legenic   06-01-2006 at 08:12:47 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

So, am I to understand then that Conroe only beats out the top offerings from AMD when it is overclocked? Seems kinda lame.

What makes this processor so good? Why should I buy it?



no that's not the case.

the most common comparison that's floating around is probably the 2.6ghz conroe vs. 2.8ghz athlon FX (which is overlocked as it's originally 2.6ghz). the conroe beats out the 2.8ghz FX by about 20% overall.

there's been a lot of overclocking going on with conroe, but only because it's overclocking so well and there's been a lot of info posted.

in a few days the nda for conroe will be lifted, so we should see some thorough reviews and benchmarks from review sites like this one and anandtech. they'll give the best overall view as to how well it's going to perform.

so far though, conroe looks to be a very good cpu.

Reply to Legenic
ivan_lee05   06-01-2006 at 08:33:31 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

So, am I to understand then that Conroe only beats out the top offerings from AMD when it is overclocked? Seems kinda lame.

What makes this processor so good? Why should I buy it?




its always hard to teach a person that doesnt want to explore.... o_O



do searching and reading 1st. =)

Reply to ivan_lee05
chuckshissle   06-01-2006 at 08:34:08 AM
- 0 +

Absolutely, and not to mention the EE and with the same price tag of that of the FX-60 or FX-62, Conroe would still able to leave them in the dust without breaking a sweat.

The E6700 chip would be around $550 and can shake down the FX60 overclocked or not.

Reply to chuckshissle
DavidC1   06-01-2006 at 09:37:09 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

So, am I to understand then that Conroe only beats out the top offerings from AMD when it is overclocked? Seems kinda lame.

What makes this processor so good? Why should I buy it?



What makes the Conroe so good??
-Most of the lower end Conroes are gonna beat AMD's top end
-Conroes consume low low power
-Consequently, Conroes run really really cool
-They overclock like crazy, which matters if you care about that
-The price for the CPUs are lower than the CPUs for Intel's today, or in another words, ASP is lower

Equal clocked Conroes outperform AMD's CPUs by:
-20% for low gain
-30-40% for games
-25-30% in average

And did I tell you that they are still not production samples??

Reply to DavidC1
Jake_Barnes   06-01-2006 at 10:09:33 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

So, sorry for the newbie question, but I've seen a lot of info on here about Intel's upcoming Conroe processor, and people are saying it's gonna be great.

I'm wondering if anyone can give me a "quick and dirty" explanation of what Conroe is, and how it's gonna be better. Bullet points, Pros/Cons, etc, would be great!

Thanks



Read and study this thread (sticky): Collection of Conroe Data. (Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme!)

This thread is being updated as new data is released. I think your questions are answered here.

Reply to Jake_Barnes
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > Intel's Conroe: "The Complete Idiot's Guide"
Go to:

There are 1377 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.341 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?