Wolfdale E8200, E8400, and E8500 Review

X-bit benchmarks the upcoming Intel's latest Core 2 Duo 45nm processors:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/c [...] fdale.html

wow, may have to buy a e8500

The e8400 is likely the sweet spot.

Only $20 more than the E8200 and $80 Less than the E8500 but clocked only 0.16Ghz less.

I wish they had OC'd that one as well.
However, there may be wide variation in the OC speed of these chips.
I was surprised that the two chips hit such different levels despite being identical chips on identical steppings with only default speeds different.

Binning may play some role. The E8200 only hit about 3.3Ghz on stock voltage which is not much over the 3.16Ghz of the E8500. I suspect Intel likely tests with a mild OC so this one got bumped down the lower bin.

My next CPU will likely be the E8400, but we will see.

Yes I too really enjoyed that article! Xbit labs has been late on many things lately, but every now and then they get to be the heroes =)

I also pointed out there, the lack of E8400 OC results, but no doubt it will be very close to the E8500, since the only difference is the 9 to 9.5 multi. It is definitely the sweet spot in pricing. Pretty cool how they easily got to a 4.3ghz OC lol.
All in all, what an excellent product. Definitely lived up to the expectations.

In the article they mention these chips will be for sale in just a few days? I hope that is true, I got my $ ready!

E84 + no volt OC 3.4Ghz = Happy Chopper

Man, check out that power consumption!



Spot the odd one out.

I figure its gona be pretty close to the E85's OC figures, maybe 100-200MHz below, seting per setting.

That's amazing. 10-15% performance improvement, lower heat, lower power consumption, and all at no extra expense compared to their 65nm counterparts.

Same here. I have an Intel Pentium 4. Crashing, stuff at 1fps, fan bearings going. I just don't want to fix it anymore.

Pentium D's are still way more than powerful enough for most applications if they're overclocked. I have my D920 running at 4.3ghz (and has been for way over a year) and it's still a stonkingly good system. Show that to anyone 5 years ago and they'd burn you at the stake for witchcraft!

I vote for Wolfie for President.

Quantumsheep, you're absolutely right, but I have 1GB RAM, running Vista Biz, usually have three or four apps runing includng Photoshop, it's not worth upgrading my memory, the mobo is a Lenovo so I'm not even sure if it will OC at all, so it's best to just retire it...

Wow, only 30W at 3.0ghz? I'm sold.

My guess is a 15%-20% markup over the 1K price and more than suficient supply. Intel is not about to start doing paper launches with these chips. Theyre too importnt.

Hate to break it to you, but they're already in hot water. Personally, though, I hope they dig themselves out of this hole. Competition is a good thing. Hell, not that long ago, in the heyday of FX, AMD dominated. I mean we're talking, what, three years ago?

Even though I have a penchant for Intel goods, I'd love to see AMD make it through this and get back to the top again, or at least get themselves in a position where they can compete. The day when Intel is the only provider of consumer chips will be a sad one...let's hope it never arrives.

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/13878

Q9450 is a good option too

Has an OCed E8500 been pitted against an OCed Q6600? Given how much current games depend on the GPU, I can't imagine there would be a huge performance difference between these two CPUs, as far as games are concerned.

repeat after me....YOU WILL NEVER KEEP UP, YOU WILL NEVER KEEP UP!

Very impressive...should be fun to play with.

As someone aptly pointed out...an E6600 above 3.2ghz has more power than a 8800GTX can use! I always get get a kick out reading posts for people stressing over very high C2D OC wihile still running a 7600GT for gaming!

Craxbax maybe those folks do alot of other things with there machines that benefit from a really fast cpu besides gaming. There are plenty of folks that just play older gamers that those cards run just fine. It comes down to building machines for what you want to get from them. A generald all around fast system that plays some games casually or a actual pure gaming system.

Congrats on your new purchase JJ! I'd been siting on the same fence but I've decided to wait it out. Still, I think youll be perfectly happy with your Quad!

AMD4Li... sorry... I don't know what got into me...

WOW cnumartyr...I dont think I've ever seen a Q6600 OC that high. What is your voltage and temps? What CPU cooler are you running? I picked up a Gigabyte X38...do you think that will be a good match for a Q6600 OC?

Well then a quad would be a better choice for most of what they may do, wouldn't it? The argument favored by the dually fanboys is always more FPS in games.

As I have always maintained...if you are happy with your cpu choice then you have the right one for you. I enjoy funnin' with peeps that demand everyone should conform to their world view...they are easy to upset! Seems I chummed another to the surface!

Peas bro!

HOLY NECRO BATMAN!!!!