Comments for: Intel's Gelsinger reveals new Penryn details

#2. Posted at 02:31 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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MrJP

Here's hoping AMD can stay at least a little bit competitive with their new releases so that we can get all this at the same crazy prices as today's cheap dual cores. Competition is a good thing.

#2, Agreed. Having two strong CPU manufacturers is great for us ... : ew (#3) «

#3, you need more than two otherwise the dominant one will gou... : green (#29) «

#29, Oh ye, clicking between 8 and 33Mhz etc. Was a nice fe... : Shintai (#30) «

#29, Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting tired of the whole... : SPOOFE (#31) «

#31, That was marketing, but I see your point. : IntelMole (#32) «

#17. Posted at 05:25 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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Spyder22446688

What are the chances that any of this new tech will be available for purchase below $300 by mid-July?

#17, None if they aint out. If they are, plenty. : Shintai (#20) «

#20, Yes, and I was asking if they would be out. Um, duh? : Spyder22446688 (#22) «

#22, Nobody knows yet..cept Intel..most likely Q4. : Shintai (#24) «

#17, __ Zero. __ : Proesterchen (#28) «

#27. Posted at 03:58 AM on Mar 29th 2007

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IntelMole

Dynamic Acceleration is probably the most interesting thing there. Contrary to what you'd think, it should actually save power here overall. It's basically the chip saying "I really really want to get into a lower power state now, but can't because one core is busy, so I'll get that stuff done a bit quicker so I can power down quicker."

Hopefully Intel will configure it so that the power used isn't too outrageous and doesn't counteract the overall power saving when going into that lower power state.

#19. Posted at 06:21 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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crazybus

I wonder how the dynamic overclocking will affect benchmarking?

#19, If singlethreaded, then yes. You could have a situation say,... : Shintai (#21) «

#21, Penryn is supposed to be the codename for the mobile core... : Flying Fox (#25) «

#25, Its is. But so was it with C2D..it was Merom all the w... : Shintai (#26) «

#19, I suspect that "idiot's overclocking tool" can be disabled i... : Krogoth (#23) «

#10. Posted at 03:27 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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DASQ

Heh. Bitchin' performance.

#10, Wonder if thats a direct quote from Intel ;) : roadrunner (#11) «

#10, That's why "Kicking Pat" always puts out colourful presentat... : Flying Fox (#18) «

#16. Posted at 04:07 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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continuum

I'm waiting for quad-core Core 2 chips to get cheap enough to justify stuffing into my P965 chipset board for the OGR performance increase.

THEN I'll worry about dumping money into a new MB with a new chipset and a 45nm chip... =D

#15. Posted at 03:54 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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melvz90

AMD will surely pi$$ on their pants now...

#14. Posted at 03:38 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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ScythedBlade

... god damn ... the penryn is turning more to just a shrink ... its like friken half architecture update .... god damn ... it doesn't seem like barcelona will slaughter penryn yet. ...

#7. Posted at 02:59 PM on Mar 28th 2007, Edited at 02:59 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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Krogoth

Yawns, Penyrn is just the existing Conroe design on steroids.

I am more interested on what Nehalem has to offer.

#7, Penryn is just a process shrink with a few tweaks, isn't it?... : SPOOFE (#12) «

#12, I suspect the tweaks were done in anticipation of K10. ;) : Krogoth (#13) «

#4. Posted at 02:41 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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Shintai

My only wish is lower TDPs...

#4, I don't mind 65W. That ain't nothin' compared to modern GPUs... : MixedPower (#5) «

#5, I had hoped abit more on 50-55W and maybe remove a 4Ghz d... : Shintai (#8) «

#4, I suspect it is going to be about the same as existing Conro... : Krogoth (#6) «

#1. Posted at 02:29 PM on Mar 28th 2007

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roadrunner

Wow...built in, auto-overclocking.

Cool.