In the past two articles we've touched on Intel's newly launched Core 2 microprocessors, with the first covering the performance and technology of the initial three announced models, the Core 2 Duo E6600, E6700 and the Core 2 Extreme X6800 in detail. We then delved into the thermals and power consumption of these new processors, comparing the effectiveness of the advanced power saving features in the new Core microarchitecture against the previous generation Netburst and AMD's current Athlon 64 FX line-up.



Link: HardwareZone