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Anandtech - ASRock 775Dual-VSTA: Does DDR2 matter?

Our article today will look at how well DDR and DDR2 memory perform against each other on this board. We are not comparing various memory suppliers against each other nor are we comparing this board's performance against others, yet. We are simply investigating any drawbacks of using DDR memory with our retail E6300 Core 2 Duo processor on this motherboard to determine if your money can be better spent in other areas.
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Quick Take

It became obvious to us during testing that a user's choice of memory on this particular platform is not going to make a huge difference in the performance of the system. The age old rule about utilizing the highest speed memory at the lowest possible latencies still holds true. This rule was especially evident in our synthetic benchmark testing, but results in our application and game testing told us another story.

This story told us the choice of components like the CPU, motherboard, or graphics card is far more important to the overall performance of the system than our memory selection on this platform. While this is not surprising and certainly not unexpected, it just reinforces the fact that at this price point you can certainly extend the life of your existing DDR memory.

In the future you can worry about major improvements such as an upgraded video card or motherboard and then add higher performing DDR2 memory that will take advantage of these additions. If you have a very limited budget and want to move to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor now, then rest assured that your DDR-400 memory is more than capable for a system like the one tested today.
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Dailytech - Apple Launches the Mac Pro

Based on Intel Woodcrest Xeon DP processors, the new Mac Pro desktops are multi-core, multi-processor systems. At first, it was predicted that Apple would use Intel's Core 2 Duo processors but Core 2 Duo processors are not capable of operating in SMP mode. Apple's previous desktops based on the G5 processor used two dual-core processors and thus living up to that expecation required the skip over Core 2. DailyTech covered Intel's Xeon DP processors earlier this month. The processors currently top out at 3.0GHz and all of them come with 4MB of L2 cache. The rest of the Mac Pro is equally advanced:
  • Processor: Intel Xeon DP processor up to 3.0GHz
  • Each Mac Pro comes with dual processors
  • Memory: Up to 16GB of DDR2 FB-DIMM memory
  • Graphics: Up to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB
  • Storage: Up to 2TB of SATA storage
  • 4 PCIe slots
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DailyTech - Apple Launches New Xserve Servers

Starting configuration is:
  • Two Xeon DP processors starting at 2.6GHz
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 250GB HD
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TGDaily - Mac Pro, new Xserve will feature dual Intel Xeons, will start shipping today

Sharing the stage with CEO Steve Jobs, Schiller reportedly said the new Mac Pros will be up to 2.1 times faster than the previous G5 quads.. Also included standard - confirming some of the more interesting rumors about these units - will be an Nvidia 7300GT graphics card. All Intel-based Macs announced to date have either used ATI Radeon graphics cards, or Intel integrated graphics for lower-end systems such as the Mac mini. ATI Radeon X1900XTs and Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 cards are being offered as higher-end alternatives.

There was considerable speculation last week that ATI's pending acquisition by Intel rival AMD would open up some new customers for Nvidia, Apple being one of them. Today's news confirms that speculation.
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Today there was an ad where companies like zenith ,wipro, hp were selling their systems powered by c2d processors . The motherboard they used was intel 946 chipset...heard about this board for first time
 
in bangalore, e6300 + asus p5ld2-vm mobo is available in some shops as a bundle.

interested people can call vanpak systems 26623546

price quoted is around 15000.

this should be the se version of the mobo which supports conroe.

also this sapphire mobo is also being sold as conroe comaptible.

but the website doesn't mention it.

PE-I7RC410M-2
 
Intel Claims 5 Million Core 2 Duo Shipped Already

Intel Corp. said it had shipped five million Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessors to date in just about two months since the introduction, which is significantly ahead of the goal to ship 1 million chips in 10 weeks, as the company expected initially.

“The momentum for this product is really quite, quite good. Demand has been very strong. In fact, Intel has shipped over five million Core 2 Duo processors in the 60 days that the product has now been released,” said Intel Corp.’s chief executive Paul Otellini.

Intel Core 2 Duo products are based on the new micro-architecture from Intel, which offers reduced power consumption amid increased performance potential. The company originally said that it would supply one million Core 2 Duo processors for desktops and laptops in ten weeks, which should be a pretty high ramp. However, Intel has managed to significantly outpace its own shipment schedule by supplying five million chips instead of one in little less than ten week.

“It’s the fastest 60-day ramp for both the desktop and notebook processors in Intel’s history,” Mr. Otellini added.

Besides dual-core Core 2 Duo chips for desktop, workstation and mobile computers as well as dual-core Intel Xeon processors powered by the new micro-architecture, Intel plans to release quad-core chips for desktops, servers and workstations later during the year.

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X-bit labs - Hardware news - Intel Says It Is Ahead of Intel Core 2 Duo Shipments Plan.
 
Dailytech

Intel "Conroe-L" Launch Plans
Pentium E1000 and Celeron D 400 series to arrive in 2007

DailyTech previously reported Intel was set to unveil its upcoming Conroe-L based Pentium E1000 series and Celeron D 400 series in the future. It was unknown when the Conroe-L based Pentium E1000 and Celeron D 400 series would arrive.

Nevertheless, Intel’s latest roadmap reveals the Conroe-L processors will arrive in 2007. The Pentium E1000 series will arrive in Q2’07 with models E1060, E1040 and E1020 as previously reported. These new Pentium’s will target the value sector and coexist with Intel’s Pentium 4 HT models 651, 641 and 631 for a quarter.

In Q3’07 Intel will phase out the Pentium 4 HT 651, 641 and 631. Conroe-L Pentium E1000 series will replace the elder Cedar Mill based processors. Also arriving in Q3’07 is the Conroe-L based Celeron D 400 series. It is unknown how many speed grades and model numbers the Celeron D 400 series will initially launch with. Nevertheless roadmaps confirm DailyTech’s speculation that the Celeron D 400 series will indeed have 512K of L2 cache.
 
"Conroe" Refresh Details Unveiled
Core 2 Duo, the sequel

Intel’s latest roadmap outlines plans for Conroe’s 2007 refresh. The upcoming refresh of Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor will arrive at the same time as the upcoming Bearlake 3 series of chipsets. This will be the first time Intel has refreshed its recently released Conroe architecture. The refresh is quite minor this time around. Nevertheless the Conroe refresh raises the front-side bus up to 1333 MHz and adds Intel Trusted Execution Technology.
Three refreshed models will debut with the upcoming Bearlake 3 series chipsets. These models include the Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750 and E6650 clocked at 3 GHz, 2.66 GHz and 2.33 MHz respectively. At this point in time it doesn’t appear Intel has any plans for its Core 2 Extreme lineup, in terms of dual-core processors that is. Kentsfield Core 2 Extreme QX6700 will remain as Intel’s flag-ship enthusiast product.

In addition to the refreshed Conroe Core 2 Duo lineup, Intel will release one more 1066 MHz front-side bus endowed Core 2 Duo product. The upcoming Core 2 Duo E6800 will arrive clocked at 2.93 GHz—similar to Intel’s Core 2 Extreme X6800. The processor is expected to be Intel’s flagship processor for mainstream segments. Aside from the locked multiplier, the Core 2 Duo E6800 is identical to the Core 2 Extreme X6800.

Dailytech
 
^^Those will find use only in Servers mainly re. This makes perfect sense, and also is a marketing ploy to sell yet another new chipset
 
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