Tualatin

[FatBurger]

If you've read the article/review on the Tualatin, you know that it kicks ass. Too bad Intel is phasing it out.

And what's the deal with needing a new motherboard but keeping the same socket? That just serves to confuse those who don't know better.

The Tualatin: Neither a Tual, or an atin. Discuss.

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[jclw]

When Intel shrunk the die size from 0.25 (Katmai) to 0.18 (Coppermine) they were able to nearly double the clock speed (from 600 to 1+GHz). Hopefully the 0.13 (Tualatin) cores will work their way up to at least a 12x multiplier (1.6GHz).

Already people are running 1.2GHz Tualatins at 1.5GHz (at 1.5V) without any special cooling which means they are probably only being limited by FSB speed. Maybe we'll see speeds approaching 2GHz if Intel releases cores with higher multipliers. A core with a 12x multiplier (1.6GHz) would give 1.8GHz at 150FSB and 2GHz at 166FSB.

I bet one of these would be plenty quick <A HREF="http://www.iwill.net/products/spec.asp?ModelName=DVD266u-R&SupportID=" target="_new">http://www.iwill.net/products/spec.asp?ModelName=DVD266u-R&SupportID=</A> (Dual Tualatin DDR)

 

[Guest]

yeah, its a damn nice cpu.. intel should sell it as P3 PR1800+ ;-)

Howver, even the P3 1.2 256kb is selling on pricewatch for $250.. almost enough to buy 2 Athlon 1.4 cpu's AND a motherboard... i wonder what the 512kb tualatin costs..

---- Owner of the only Dell computer with an AMD chip

 

[Guest]

>Hopefully the 0.13 (Tualatin) cores will work their way
>up to at least a 12x multiplier (1.6GHz).

It surely could, but intel wont make them.. too competetive with the P4. Or do you think intel is going to explain their customers an "old" P3 1.26 is as fast as a new P4 1.8 ? Nah, that could make them think a lower clocked Athlon could also be as fast.

bet one of these would be plenty quick http://www.iwill.net/products/spec.asp?ModelName=DVD266u-R&SupportID= (Dual Tualatin DDR)

DDR is not likely to benefit the Tualatin much if anything. It still has a 133 non-ddr fsb (unlike Athlon 133x2, and P4 100x4 as you know). Coppermine didnt benefit from DDR (or RDRAM), so coppermine+larger cache=tualatin, would probably do so even less.



---- Owner of the only Dell computer with an AMD chip

 

[Crashman]

The Tualatin Cellery is do out in a couple months I think, with 256k cache and all other features enabled. With a 100MHz FSB. At 1.2GHz only. So that's 1600MHz when overclocked to 133FSB. And it should be cheap!

Back to you Tom...