Intel's Pentium 4 600 series processors unleashed
Comment | Print | Email to a Friend | Font Size: AAIntel have officially released their new 600 series of Pentium 4 processors today, with the main highlights being the first Prescott units which include full 64-bit extensions, improved power consumption and heat characteristics, and also a whopping 2MB of L2 cache added. The opening lineup includes the P4 660 at 3.6GHz, P4 650 at 3.4GHz, P4 640 at 3.2GHz and P4 630 at 3GHz. For the ultra enthusiast with plenty of bucks to burn, a 3.73GHz Extreme Edition version is also on offer with a 1066MHz FSB. Keen to see some performance characteristics? All the figures and info you'd like to witness are outlayed both within our latest article, and also at the following sites listed below.
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Today, in the dead of early Sunday morning, Intel is meekly unveiling another new Pentium 4 processor core, and it may be just as consequential. The Pentium 4 600 series is a new tier of performance-oriented Pentium 4 processors that will be sold alongside the existing P4 500 series. Based on the Prescott design, the 600-series core adds key features intended to pep up Prescott's performance and curb its power consumption. Not only that, but these are 64-bit CPUs. With the introduction of a 64-bit version of Windows approaching, Intel has finally turned on Prescott's dormant support for the 64-bit extensions to the x86 instruction set pioneered by AMD.
Recent lottery winners will also be pleased to learn of the emergence of a new Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor. Based on the same new CPU core as the 600 series, this puppy runs at 3.73GHz on a 1066MHz front-side bus, and it has 64-bit support, as well.
Can this new variation of the Prescott core help Intel recapture its supremacy in desktop processor performance? We've had Intel's new CPUs on the test bench for over a week now, and we have some answers.
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