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Default BSN* Intel 32nm Clarkdale Core i5 661 Dual Core CPU + GPU Evaluation

Here is the intro to the review of the newest little beast from Intel.
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If you look back at the battle between AMD and Intel you will see something that is both interesting and funny at the same time. This is a comical little irony that has been repeated over and over for more than a few years. What is the ironic happening? Well it is where AMD dreams up an idea and talks about it openly only to have someone else bring the product to market. We saw this with the first Dual Core CPUs. Intel came out with the Pentium D on May 25th 2005. This was roughly two months before AMD released the First Athlon 64 X2 in August of 2005 [although the X2 was a massively superior CPU]. The same thing was again see when Intel beat AMD to the Quad Core punch by almost a year with Kenstfield [which ended up outperforming AMD’s native Quad Core]. Naturally, we can debate is this of sheer Intel's engineering power, market position or just the fact that AMD has a permanent habit of roadmap slip-ups that started with the original K8 architecture.

Regardless of the reason, we see the same thing happening all over again. AMD has been talking of moving the GPU onto the CPU for a very long time, a strategy called Fusion. Originally, first Fusion products were supposed to show on the market in 2009 but that obviously didn't happen. Unfortunately for AMD, they have yet to take the first steps towards that goal. Instead we see Intel taking that Idea and again bringing the first steps to market in the form of the Dual Core 32nm Clarkdale CPU. Let’s take a look at this interesting new CPU from Intel and see if it will be remembered like the Pentium-D or the Core 2 Quad.

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As with most new CPUs there are going to be new and exciting things that come with them. One of first that comes to mind with Clarkdale is the GPU being right on the CPU packaging. It is not on the CPU die [we have to wait for 2011 and 32nm Sandy Bridge architecture which taped out back in May 2009, a year ahead of AMD's Fusion APU, Ed.] but sits next to it. There are multiple reasons for this but the biggest is that the GPU is still at a 45nm process while the CPU core is 32nm. This GPU has also been beefed up from previous versions.
For a more in depth look into the review with benchmarks and pictures as well as more info...

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...valuation.aspx
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Bitchen little fellow isnt it? http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=939331


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Great. I wish you guys had an index so we wouldn't have to scroll thru each and every page especially when we just want to go to one section of it. Oh well.
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Great. I wish you guys had an index so we wouldn't have to scroll thru each and every page especially when we just want to go to one section of it. Oh well.
like the conclusion?
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A review from 3oh6 @ XS http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=242448
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BS news is not loading and Jody did not cover the IGP aspects :(
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Jody did not cover the IGP aspects :(
there is a picture of the IGP die on the chip in there

sorry, but not something i am interested in, and i certainly wasn't posting a review...just benching results
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That XS post had me laughin
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there is a picture of the IGP die on the chip in there

sorry, but not something i am interested in, and i certainly wasn't posting a review...just benching results
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Yep I'm only interested in the overclocking aspect. Mainly extreme overclocking. All that other mumbo jumbo comparisons and stuff puts me to sleep. That's why I wanted an index so we can skip all that technical crap.

Nice write up though Jody. Had some good info as well as humor in it.

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