Testseek.com have collected 31 expert reviews of the Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz Socket 775 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz Socket 775.
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Fastest Dual Core Available from Intel
Rock Stable
Availability
Fastest desktop CPU on the market
Unlocked clock multiplier makes overclocking possible out of the box.
Fastest Desktop Processor
Low Power
The editors didn't like
Expensive when faster QuadCores are the same price.
Chipset politics between Intel and graphics card vendors hurts gamers who now have to pick an Intel board for ATIs Crossfire or an Nvidia board for SLI cards.
Fastest Dual Core Available from Intel, Rock Stable, Availability
Expensive when faster QuadCores are the same price.
To be honest, the one thing that is hanging the processor is its price-point. Sure it is a relatively fast processor, but with Intel slashing prices on their quad-core options, why would anyone even consider the X6800. The QX6700 which is the same pr...
Abstract: It may be the last article in the series of materials devoted to analyzing various platforms in SPEC CPU2000, because SPEC announced a new long-awaited . Nevertheless, it still has a right to exist and it will be devoted to a top processor, recently pr...
We did not run into any surprises today as we fully expected the Intel X6800 Core 2 Extreme to destroy the Intel 840 XE in our benchmarks today. Were aware that AMDs latest or even a more recent Extreme Edition would have made the fight a little clo...
Abstract: Core 2 Extreme X6800 $999 Intel www.intel.com 4 CPU’s Intel’s new Core 2 Duo platform marks a major shift in the company’s strategy. Not only is the Pentium name gone, but so is Intel’s power-hungry NetBurst architecture. At the sa...
Abstract: Back with a Vengeance Intels launch of the Core 2 Duo has come and gone, and now, for the most part, the entire range of speeds are available in stores (the 4 big ones of course - Newegg, mWave, ZZF, and TigerDirect). Availability still seems a bit sc...
Abstract: Intel have handled this product launch differently because as well as the usual splattering of marketing mumbo jumbo there has been an uncharacteristic level of access to an unreleased product. The first major example of this was back in May when we we...
Abstract: "2x..." means "per each core"** ? in AMD processors its frequency of the memory controller bus*** ? its measured differently in Intel and AMD processors, so a direct comparison is not correct
Abstract: It has been out of character for Intel to comment on the performance of unreleased products, let alone make their prospective customers privy to what’s in store by disclosing pre-release benchmarks. Nevertheless they did just that with Conroe, the c...
Conroe is here and its exactly as Intel promised; great performance, low power consumption and wide range of prices for different performance levels. There is a new king on the enthusiast block and AMD wont have an answer until at least the end of ...
