The Intel Core 2 Duo

[NerdBoyZa]

The Intel Core 2 Duo is about 30% faster than anything AMD's got out right now.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=265


P.S. Don't shoot the messenger....

[stoke]

Awesome !

[gus]

Yes, the race is on nicely again, which will only benefit us. Personally, I am happy to buy either Intel or AMD, whichever gives me best bang for my buck.

[doobiwan]

Yeah "Conroe" rocks.

I agree with gkm, I'll buy best value for money, so bring it on!

[Bass]

Yup ! Agree too .. am looking forward to a bit of progress on the CPU front again :D

[Brawler]

Yup, the Core 2 Duo is now top dog for sure, but by not as big a margin as what we all thought... The x6800 is the processor that 99% of these reviews used, which costs a cool R10 580.63 !!!


Pricelist from prochecy, today 04/07/06 pre-orders open, expected stock 1st week august

Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8GHZ, 2MB L2 Cache, 1066Mhz Frontside Bus R2 093.32

Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHZ, 2MB L2 Cache, 1066Mhz Frontside Bus R2 478.07

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHZ, 4MB L2 Cache, 1066Mhz Frontside Bus R3 461.32

Core 2 Duo E6700 2.67GHZ, 4MB L2 Cache, 1066Mhz Frontside Bus R5 727.07

Core 2 Extreme Processor X6800 2.93GHZ, 4MB L2 Cache, 1066Mhz Frontside Bus R10 580.63

[Darnit696]

As with all things PC the price will come down.... remember when CD Writers first came out... they were like 6k now R199...

PS I dont expect to get a Core 2 processor for 199 anytime soon :D ...but still... let some other nana pay for the dev costs I say.

[doobiwan]

R10k for a consumer Processor!!! That's just absurd!

Looks like AMD64 is still a good option, with the single core 3800+ sitting at R999exVAT