Introduction:
Intel has been at the peak of their game lately. After the very successful launch of the whole Core and Core 2 line of chips, they could have afforded to sit back for a little bit and let their dominance hold out for a while. Instead they decide to innovate and take the industry by storm again with their newest processor, the Core i7. This chip is a major change in design, compared to all prior Intel designed chips. So what is it that sets this processor apart from the competition and why is it taking the industry by storm. Read on to find out.
Supported Features:
Specifications (from Intel.com):
| Spec Number: | SLBCH |
| CPU Speed: | 2.66 GHz |
| PCG: | 08 |
| Bus Speed: | 4.8 GT/s |
| Bus/Core Ratio: | 20 |
| L3 Cache Size: | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache Speed: | 2.66 GHz |
| Package Type: | LGA 1366 |
| Manufacturing Technology: | 45nm |
| Core Stepping: | C0 |
| CPUID String: | 106A4h |
| Thermal Design Power: | 130W |
| Thermal Specification: | 67.9°C |
| VID Voltage Range: | .80V-1.375V |
When we test hardware, we try to do everything that we can to make the bottleneck of the rig that piece of hardware. In this review, the reviewer was using 2 – 4870’s in Crossfire. This gives a fairly good benchmark point for what you will expect to see.
I find all the game benches to be lacking in comparative data. All we find out is where your rig gives out of being playable, not how much a difference the 920 is doing. It could very well be that you are reaching the capacity of what the graphics card is able to display and that the CPU isn’t involved much at all.
Nice! I need this information. But could you tell me what the “PCG 08” means?
PCG is a processor power specification to help identify thermal solutions, power supplies, and chassis that will meet specific power requirements. The PCG mark can be found on the box label and engraved on the IHS of the processor.
Great Blogging!!
Keep Your Good Work Going!!
Pretty cool post. I just came across your site and wanted to say
that I’ve really liked reading your blog posts. Any way
I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon!
Hey, nice post, very well written. You should post more about this.