Intel's Pentium 4 3.2GHz processor
The latest drop in the bucket
by Scott Wasson — 12:01 AM on June 23, 2003

IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN for the drip-drip-drip progression foretold by Moore's law to release another drop. After a breathtaking flurry of new chipset releases, including the 875P and 865 family, and after backfilling its processor line to include Hyper-Threading and 800MHz bus support across all its speed grades, Intel is ready to move its Pentium 4's top clock speed up a notch, to 3.2GHz.

The P4 3.2GHz may be more of the same, but like faithful patrons of the local Luby's, we're generally in favor of getting more of a good thing. As always, we've loaded up our test bench with a gaggle of the new P4's competitors and forebears, and the results follow, so read on.

   
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