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Review: Core 2 Quad Gets Efficient - Enter the Q8200S and Q9550S
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-03-10 16:15:10 394
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Four Cores For The Power Consumption Of Two
By Patrick Schmid & Achim Roos @ THG
Intel’s Core i7 processor family has been available for a few months now, but despite being the undisputed performance champion, it is not yet ready for the true mainstream. Processors, and especially motherboards, are still too expensive; and the existing models deliver their impressive performance at equivalently impressive power consumption figures. But users looking for the best balance between performance and efficiency have an interesting new option now: Intel has released its first 45 nm Core 2 Quad processors that stay below a specified power consumption of 65 W--the Core 2 Quad S series.
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