Jason Dunn
05-19-2006, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/' target='_blank'>http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The bottom line is that the Athlon FX-60 and the Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have both met their match - there's simply no escaping this conclusion! This is bound to cause lamentation among the elite circle of users who've invested big bucks in their high-end systems, if not outright wailing and rending of garments. The basic stats for this insignificant-seeming budget processor read as follows: Pentium D 805 clocked at 2.66 GHz, equipped with two processor cores both with 64 bit support. At your friendly neighborhood retailer you can pick up this secret weapon for pocket change - right now, for example, it's available at newegg.com for just under $130. We were quite amazed as the first performance figures emerged from our test labs: stable operation was possible at 4.1 GHz, and without even the need for substantial boosts to cooling!"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/aufmacher.jpg" /><br /><br />If you're looking to build an Intel system that has a lot of clock speed for media transcoding, but you have a small budget, this article will put a smile on your face. Wading through the insane number of pages (45!) will not, but you can probably skip to the pages you actually want to read. ;-)