Article: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 Preview (World's Best Gaming Processor)
(N=Newbie, E=Hardware Enthusiast, O=Overclocker, B=Budget)
Disclaimer:
^The processor used is an engineering sample. Performance may vary according to overall user components and how they are configured.I. Introduction
The Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 Processor is currently the fastest processor in the Intel® Core™ series of processor. It is the best, the cream of the crop, best of the best, baddest processor in town second to none. This processor is reserved only for the best, to the most elite, with not only heart and soul, but money is definitely required to wield the power of this baby. This will entitle anyone the supreme badge of leetness, a sense of being the hippest, and having the pride to shout and brag to have the best processor in the world.
As Chipzilla puts it " Extreme dominance built-in. You've hard-core battled your enemies in this world and beyond, but never like this. With the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor, you get the best unrivaled performance in the universe. So let them challenge you and let the annihilation begin."
When "Extreme" is an understatement.
"It's not about playing the game. It's about dominating and winning the game. Designed for extreme power, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor for desktop PCs features the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 4 MB of shared L2 cache and up to 1066 MHz Front Side Bus."
II. Specification
The Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 has the following specifications:
- sSpec: ES^
- Frequency: 2926 MHz (2.93GHz)
- Core: Conroe
- Process: 65nm
- Package: LGA775
- Core Voltage: 1.19v
- Bus Speed: 266MHz
- L2 Cache: 4096KB^
- Multiplier: 11
- Stepping: B1-5
- Thermal Specification: ??
- Thermal Guideline: 95.0W
- Platform Compatibility: 05B
- EM64T: Yes
- Execute Disable: Yes
- Hyperthreading Technology: No
- Virtualization: Yes
- Core per Package: 2
- L2 Cache per Core: Shared 4096KB^