OCAU has an article examining Intel's latest dual-core offerings, the 65nm-based Pentium D 920 and 955 Extreme Edition, comparing them at stock and overclocked speeds with AMD's FX-60 and X2 3800+. This article also covers the complementary 975X chipset and even a quick look at CrossFire.

Our main objective in this article is to find how much better the new 9xx dual core processor series based on the 65nm Presler core is in comparison to the older 90nm based 8xx series. For this purpose we compare the entry level Pentium D 920 with a Pentium D 820 and the 955 Extreme Edition with the 840 Extreme Edition. Naturally we also wanted to see how Presler fairs against the competition. For this we included AMD’s recently released dual core flagship product, the FX-60 and the entry level X2 3800+. Given the early reports about good overclocking headroom with “Presler” we have ventured into this area in greater detail than usual.



Link: OCAU