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steviep said:Wait, some said they're not sure if 975 will support Conroe, now some say that it will cause they've seen it? I'm confused
Nasgul said:
I can't say I'm excited but performance wise the 975X will be a tad better than the 955X in overall performance. As far as supporting CONROE? We'll have to see. I can't say I've red about it or have seen it but.......we'll see.
But for those of US that own the P5WD2-Premium is not a bad choice to sell the MoBo on eBay and buy the P5WD2-E Premium, after all, ASUS Premium, specially Intel have a higher resell value.
As long as the 955X supports Cedar Mill and Preslers I'm cool with that.
Sure, Intel releases a new chipset to support two different techs but just look at it this way:
If the Northbride would be integrated in the CPU, then you'd have to buy a new CPU every time you'd think it's better than the previos core name.
So if the CPU cost around $170+, yet you'd still have the same old board and what difference does that make if Intel would put the Nortbridge in the CPU? I think I'd rather a new board which supports some other newer features that other hardware vendors/manufacturers are developing.
Shane said:I would get excited if intel got the act together and introduced a pentium m cpu with 1066fsb ddr2 a 4mb of cache that runs 3.0-4.0 ghz that would would make me throw my x2 amd 64 in the trash really quick.
chrisf6969 said:I think at 3Ghz it would be making everyone throw their old systems in the trash, much less 4Ghz.
rayman2k2 said:I dont get how nVidia could "miss" a package from Intel...unless Intel never really sent it.
Meh, I'm excited either way.
Ironically that's how most of your posts sound (only on the other foot).Donnie27 said:From what I saw, yes an assumption, Conroe was supposed to be 1333 FSB and the first (launch) top model was 2.93GHz.
Then you underestimate every AMD F@nboy who ever posted on a Forum. If Intel were to launch a 3GHz Pentium M and it kicked the snot out of AMD's best. Many of these same folks would find some lame assed excuse still not to buy it. Much of their rage is against Intel and Intel will never do anything to please them=P They believe everything AMD say as true and God like. All anyone has to do is look at the trashing of SSE, Strained Silcon, and BTX? Overclockers and Moders of ALL kinds should have embraced the hell out of BTX.
Yup, I'm sure there are Intel Fans who feel the same way about never buying AMD. I say that about all Fans as an opinion. What Intel said about Integrated memory and 64bit was BS as well. Both AMD and Intel PR folks are taught to bad mouth what they don't have tech-wise.
With that said, I'll easily say this is one of the fairer Forums on the web. Many of the others have AMD !!!!!!s for Mods.
Now, with that out of the way. I'm looking forward to Cedar Mill and it will be something overclockers might want really check out.
Donnie27
DocFaustus said:Ironically that's how most of your posts sound (only on the other foot).
DocFaustus said:Ironically that's how most of your posts sound (only on the other foot).
USMC2Hard4U said:The 955x Will not support the New 65nm Pentium D "Preslers"
savantu said:Strange since 945 and 955 work perfectly fine with Presler and will support Conroe too....
BTW , the highest OC with Presler EE were reached using Asus' 955x board....
vapb400 said:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83838&highlight=955XE
There is a 955XE working flawlessly with i955X
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this:
945/955 will all support Presler/Cedar Mill with a bios update, but not 955XE
SOME 945/955 will support 955XE, but only because they had proper BIOS updates and had suitable power features from the beginning. So to me this looks like probably just the P5WD2.
vapb400 said:SOME 945/955 will support 955XE, bu... w00t, makes my next upgrade a little easier.
vapb400 said:http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83838&highlight=955XE
There is a 955XE working flawlessly with i955X
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this:
945/955 will all support Presler/Cedar Mill with a bios update, but not 955XE
SOME 945/955 will support 955XE, but only because they had proper BIOS updates and had suitable power features from the beginning. So to me this looks like probably just the P5WD2.
The Doc said:My mistake, I stand corrected.
Donnie27 said:I was wrong I went to Intel for facts! This is an EE they're talking about here.
Processor NumberΔ 840, 955
Architecture 90 nm and 65 nm technology
L2 Cache 2x1MB and 2x2MB
L3 Cache NA
Clock Speed 3.20 and 3.46 GHz
Front Side Bus 800 MHz and 1066 MHz
Chipset Intel® 975X Express chipset Intel® 955X Express Chipset
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentiumXE/index.htm
Donnie27
The Doc said:The 955EE puts up solid numbers against AMD's best dual core offerings. I may have to upgrade to a 975X motherboard and this chip to replace my old setup.
Donnie27 said:and the i965X will be even more kick-ass!
Donnie27
Poncho said:I wouldn't go that far. Broadwater has been VERY dissapointing. You have to remember that 965 will be what 945 is to 975.... a "value" board, not much else. Also, don't get too excited and pick one up when they first come out. Give it about a year before spending coin on one. Can't say much but I would say the first few runs of 965 are gonna blow.
Poncho said:975 is ICH7.... because the MCH is based on the 955 and 945, basically. It's just a performance board based on those products. Now... 965 is a compleatly different design than 945, 955, 975. They (intel) are just bouncing the numbering scheme around. ICH8 was never designed to run on 975, the board was based around ICH7. Now... you might not see ICH8 implemented on 965 for a while, there is talk that ICH7 will be used on the first production runs. This might not end up happening, but from everything that I have seen, it wouldn't surprise me.
Donnie27 said:I saw something about i963 and at least one other 97x? Got any info on them?
Donnie27
Poncho said:No idea, that type of stuff is a bit over my pay grade. Combine that with the fact that I'm currently working on the server side of things, I pick up what I can from others. Though I did get a Conroe Proc to play with on Fri, haven't had a chance to play with it yet though and I have to give it back. I should have some updates on Tue though. Might need to "extend" the de-bug for a bit longer.
steviep said:and of course I think I'll be getting the 975.
steviep said:Any other diffences between 965 and 975?
steviep said:I currently have an IDE system, and will only be getting a couple SATA drives on the upgrade (not converting everything) so I'll be fine with ICH7. Never mind the fact that I won't be waiting a year
Any other diffences between 965 and 975?
steviep said:I've already got an IDE card plus some external USB2.0 cases. That's not an issue.
But I'm going to get really really peeved if a Conroe doesn't work on my 975 board. Intel has to stop making motherboards for each new processor release, and start future proofing boards they DO release. It's the same f'n socket, for shit's sake!
Flak Pyro said:This roadmap was posted on another forum