Test af de nye Pentium 4 processorer

Tech Report er som nogen af de første klar med test af Pentium 4 EE 3.73 GHz, samt alle medlemmerne af Pentium 4 600-familien. De nye Pentium 4 processorer klarer sig først og fremmest bedre, når snakken falder på strømforbrug, men nogle benchmarks viser også små forbedringer, som kan tilskrives den nye 2 MB L2 cache. Som Tech Report skriver i konklusionen, har Intel nu fået indført de features i deres Pentium 4 processor, som AMD indførte i september 2003 med Athlon 64...:00

Den nye Pentium 4 EE 3.73 GHz får en mindre god omtale, den er ikke hurtigere end den nuværende Pentium 4 EE 3.46 GHz, og man anbefaler en Athlon 64 3500+, hvis man vi spille, da den er hurtigere end samtlige Pentium 4 processorer i spil...

Having said that, I am a little bit conflicted about what to think. The truth is that all of the new capabilities in this processor?dynamic power management, NX bit protection, 64-bit extensions, and better performance than the Pentium 4 500 series?were available in the first Athlon 64 processors that debuted in September 2003. AMD vaulted so far out ahead of Intel in terms of technology and performance that it's taken quite a while for Intel to catch up.

Fortunately for Intel, AMD hasn't done much since the Athlon 64's debut but monkey with cache sizes, add another memory channel, and ratchet up clock speeds a couple of notches. The 600 series is getting closer to the Athlon 64 in terms of overall attractiveness, and AMD needs to answer in order to retain the lead. In fact, if you don't care about playing games on your PC, the Pentium 4 600 series is as good a choice as any. The overall WorldBench scores illustrate the general parity between Intel and AMD offerings at each price point. Given Intel's dominance at the big PC makers, the 600 series is probably as good as it needs to be in order to become a sales success.

Læs testen her: http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1/pentium4-600/index.x?pg=1


HotHardware har også testet de nye Pentium 4 processorer, og de har prøvet overclockings-potentialet af...

At first it was hard to believe these two processors were relatively stable at these clock speeds, but indeed they were. We ran our Folding client again at 100% load, and the system held up for about half an hour of testing on our open-air bench test setup. Frankly we wouldn't dare run at these speeds inside a closed chassis because core temps were reaching a scorching 80oC. However, with a bit more elaborate cooling solution, especially watercooling or even a Vapochill, these processors should be able to hit these clocks speeds, and dare we say higher, without too much trouble. In our mind, a reasonable overclock expectation in a closed chassis with air cooling would be around the 4GHz mark. Either way, these new Prescott 2M core CPUs have a ton of headroom for overclocking enthusiasts.

Læs testen her: http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=641&cid=1