Overclockersclub reviews the Intel Core2 Q6600 CPU which features four cores. The author gives this processor the ‘Editor’s Choice Award’ with the only downsides being the high price and the poor temperature reporting. Here’s an excerpt of the conclusion:
From all the above results the only reason I can see NOT to buy a quad core [...]
Neoseeker reviews the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200EE cpu, which is the energy efficient version of the standard X2 4200+. Neoseeker writes in the conclusion:
This chip definitely presents some interesting numbers for those intrigued by the low power concept. Here’s a quick rundown of everything we noticed with this chip.
We’ve tested the chip at stock speeds [...]
HotHardware reviews the AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ and 3800+ Energy Efficient processors and writes:
Our testing with the new Energy Efficient Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and 44600+ went as we projected with very few surprises along the way. The processors fall in line with the performance characteristics of their non-energy efficient counterparts in the Athlon 64 [...]
Bit-tech.net reviews the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU line up, based on the Conroe processor. Here’s an excerpt of the final thoughts:
In fact, there are a whole bunch of architectural caveats to investigate on Intel’s Core 2 Duo processors. One that we hope that we have answered here is the question of L2 cache. Despite [...]
Hardwarezone has published a review of the Intel Pentium D 960 dual core CPU. While this seems to be Intel’s best Pentium D processor, it cannot compete with AMD’s mainstream dual-core processors. Hardwarezone gives the Pentium D 960 a final score of 3.5 out of 5, writing in the conclusion:
In the end, if you add [...]