Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770: Paper Tiger?
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Up Close And Personal With The QX9770
This is how the BIOS should report the Core 2 Extreme QX9770...
Like its predecessor, the QX9650, the QX9770 will also be equipped with 2 x 6 MB of L2 cache. In general, the processors will share the same core design, although we can't say at this point whether the new part will also use the current C0 stepping or receive a newer one.
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | QX9770 | QX9650 | QX6850 |
| Codename | Yorkfield | Yorkfield | Conroe XE |
| Taktrate | 3,20 GHz | 3,00 GHz | 3,00 GHz |
| FSB | 400 MHz | 333 MHz | 333 MHz |
| Cache | 2x 6 MB | 2x 6 MB | 2x 4 MB |
| Prozess | 45 nm | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Transistoren | 820 Mio. | 820 Mio. | 586 Mio. |
| DIE-Fläche | 214 mm² | 214 mm² | 286 mm² |
| TDP | 136 Watt | 130 Watt | 130 Watt |
In summary, the big changes from the previous Penryn-based Extreme model are a faster processor speed of 3.20 GHz (+200 MHz), a faster FSB of 400 MHz, and a higher TDP of 136 Watts (+6 Watts).
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Capitannimo I am not sure why you are not mentioning the cooling system you use.Reply
Also why you don't mention that this processor needs water cooling system even if not over clocked. -
Intelextreme Looks like a Zalman fan to me in the pictures so maybe water cooling is not needed, at least for those not into cases (something I typically consider "benchmark machines" and was surprised by the lack of dry ice. By the way thermoelectric, chilled water, cooling using peltiers can't be beat! Finally I have a QX6850 and I get a 3mdMark06 of 18,548 with a Gigabyte EX38-DQ6 and a Shappire Radeon HD4870 X2 2gb (using not yet anywhere near perfected drivers) and without overclocking the GPUs until a water block is released for it. I was going to upgrade to a QX9770 now that I can pick one up for a good price since the 9775 came out but since reading that the difference in speed is not incredible I have decided to wait for the new Core i7 or whatever they call the new extreme processor and motherboards with new sockets coming out soon.Reply -
Intelextreme To show the QX9770 overclocked alone is bias as I run my QX6850 overclocked. When compared to the QX9770 running at stock speed, the QX6850 differs typically by a few points, it is not until the QX9770 is overclocked to 4ghz that the difference becomes as high as close to 20% in come cases. However, that ignores the fact that a lot of the other processors are good overclockers, and I can overclock my QX6850, using thermoelectric chilled water cooling, to a stable 3.8. Therefore, the difference between the two in terms of speed is not enough at this point to justify purchasing an X48 chipset motherboard and a QX9770 when a new socket and extreme CPU is coming out soon. If I was putting together a computer now I would likely go cheap and look for a used QX6800 and as good a used motherboard as possible just because I would be selling them soon anyway.Reply
