Intel Core 2 Duo previewed

Posted on Friday, June 16 2006 @ 4:31 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Here's another Conroe preview, this time from TBREAK.

Intel's Conroe or Core 2 Duo as it has been officially named, is creating as much of a buzz amongst the enthusiasts as the Athlon64 did. From what we've read about this CPU, not only does it perform exceptionally well, it also manages to reduce the temperatures and power consumption by quite a bit. This is great for Intel as ever since they moved to the Prescott core, things have not went that well for them with AMD constantly challenging and besting them in both performance and power utilization.

Check it out over here.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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