Intel Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme Edition review

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*Intel Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme Edition review*

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/124-intel-core-i7-920-940-965/

 

Today marks the release of Intel's latest and greatest processor

architecture to date. For the past two years Intel has dominated the CPU

market with their Core 2 processors, reaping havoc on AMD's Athlon and

Phenom products. Yet despite of this significant dominance, Intel will be

pushing the Core 2 aside and make room for the new Core i7 processor series.

 

Today we will be introducing you to three new Core i7 processors based on

the new Intel Nehalem microarchitecture, each featuring 4-cores and

operating in the 2.66 to 3.20GHz range. Like the Core 2 family, these new

processors feature model numbers, designed to keep things simple.

 

The Core i7 965 Extreme Edition runs at 3.20GHz and features a QPI

(QuickPath Interface) throughput of 6.4GT/s, which is the key difference

here. The mainstream versions of the processor include the Core i7 920 and

940, clocked at 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz, respectively. These more affordable

processors feature a QPI throughput of just 4.8GT/s, so it will be

interesting to discover what kind of impact this has on performance.

 

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