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More info?)
"S.Lewis" <stew1960@cover.bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Talkin Horse" <davidrolfeN0SP&AM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:AdW6e.4876$lP1.1676@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:e77o51l4vfgoo6i13je0sst04k64pihup6@4ax.com...
>>> see the link
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http://tinyurl.com/4zv46
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>> Interesting. This claims the Extreme Edition CPU will be supported first,
>> which will appeal to those who want the fastest CPU and price is no
>> concern. But the EE cost/benefit ratio is rather steep, so most of us
>> mortals will prefer to wait for the more mundane dual-core Pentium PCs.
>> For the record, the two CPUs of the new EE will support hyperthreading,
>> whereas the upcoming standard dual-cores will offer a pair of
>> non-hyperthread CPUs. Thus, in a logical sense, a dual core P4 looks like
>> a hyperthreaded single core, but the performance advantage of really
>> having two CPUs is supposed to be very large (as long as your tasks are
>> in a position to take advantage of two CPUs).
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> I've also read that these new dual-cores cannot be used in the current
> 915/925 chipset boards. Bummer if that's true.
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> Stew
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Yes that is true a new motherboard will be required for the new Intel dual
core cpu's.
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050405/pentium_d-02.html
Steve