Please note that we received the benchmark results for SYSmark 2007 Preview using a different test system, which has been the basis for the power-efficiency analyses of AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Pentium and Core 2 processors later on.





As you can see, the performance difference between the individual Core 2 processors is only significant if there is a lot of multi-threaded workload involved. This is the case in the video-creation section of SYSmark 2007 Preview. Apart from that, office and content creation performance doesn't vary a lot between a 65 nm dual core and a 45 nm Core 2 quad core processor.
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Summary
- The Tale Of Wolfdale: Power Requirements And Overclocking Analyzed
- System Checkup
- First Step: 400 MHz FSB And 3.8 GHz
- Second Step: 4 GHz (FSB1688)
- Third Step: 4.2 GHz (FSB1772)
- More Overclocking? Getting Rid Of The Heat Spreader
- Test Setup For Overclocking
- Overclocking Benchmark Results
- Overclocking Benchmark, Continued
- Overclocking Benchmark, Continued
- Overclocking Benchmark, Continued
- Overclocking Benchmark, Continued
- Overclocking Benchmark, Continued
- SYSmark 2007 Preview Results
- Test Setup For Power Consumption Testing
- Power (Wh) Consumed During An Entire SYSmark 2007 Run
- Performance Per Watt Normalized To 3.0 GHz And Pentium 4 630
- Conclusion: Overclockers Wait! Everyone Else Go For It
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Good article as I am revamping and older system and want to know how the Wolfdale OC'd. Thanx for the info.