so i7 920XM still slightly better than QX9300 ??

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Added on November 27, 2009, 5:03 pmi5 is 35nm tech with i7 45nm ??

This post has been edited by Dackson: Nov 27 2009, 05:03 PM

i5 also 45nm...

i3 and new Pentium are 32nm...

so many 'i' series

from the info i have gathered around the Internet lately, the highly anticipated mainstream mobile Core i5 is NOT a quad core... rather, it will be based on Arrandale instead of Clarksfield...

from Wikipedia, the Core i5 is a dual core with integrated GMA HD graphic... there will be 2 lines, the 500M series and 400M series... both lines will have the graphic controller clocked at 733MHz, but the 400M series will not have HTT...

there's also the Core i3 300M series, which has both HTT and Turbo Boost disabled, and graphic is clocked at 667MHz only as well...

and to make it even more complicated, there's also the Core i7 600M series, which looks no different from a Core i5 500M on paper, besides having the highest clock in the Arrandale family...

the rated TDP of all the above CPU are 35W... a pretty big improvement over Core 2 Duo (35W TDP for T series), considering it has 2 cores, a graphic controller and memory controller built into a chip...

compared to the desktop version, here's a table for ur convenience (comparison in terms of spec)

Desktop vs Mobile
Core i5 600 - Core i5 500M, Core i7 600M
Core i3 500 - Core i5 400M
Pentium G6000 - Core i3 300M

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 30 2009, 10:15 PM

i really need time to digest that

simply say...

Core i7-900XM (quad Extreme Edition, 8MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, >45W)
Core i7-800QM (quad, 8MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 45W)
Core i7-700QM (quad, 6MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 45W)
Core i7-600M (dual with 766MHz graphic, 4MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 35W)
Core i7-600LM (dual with 533MHz graphic, 4MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 25W) - aka Low Voltage
Core i7-600UM (dual with 500MHz graphic, 4MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 18W) - aka Ultra Low Voltage
Core i5-500M (dual with 766MHz graphic, 3MB L3 cache, HTT and Turbo Boost, 35W)
Core i5-400M (dual with 766MHz graphic, 3MB L3 cache, , no HTT, Turbo Boost only, 35W)
Core i3-300M (dual with 667MHz graphic, 3MB L3 cache, no HTT, no Turbo Boost. 35W)

these are wat will be available for the new Core family...

as for mobo, the quads are using PM55 now, while the duals should be HM55...

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Added on December 1, 2009, 1:58 ami am sort of surprised by the lack of Pentium in the whole product line...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 1 2009, 01:58 AM

Interesting preliminary prices have emerged for three Arrandale processors. Fudzilla has the details.

huh ...
waiting i7 become cheap and command ^^

only 1.7Ghz ? when 4 core running ? i still don understand how it boost till 2.8Ghz ?
any 1 reach 2.8Ghz b4 ? with wat program ?

that HT in i7 can turn off ?

2.8GHz only when all the other 3 cores are closed and only 1 core is running...

ic... is that mean i can take full control of 4 core ?
if use 2 core = 2.8Ghz/2 = roughly 1.4Ghz per core ?

You cant equate a processor's clockspeed like that. If you could, a OCed i7 920 at 4.0GHz will have an effective clockspeed of 16GHz on one core

VBy the way, I posted an answer to your original question before;

OIC... i did read your post b4 just don understand !

when running single core izzit something like Pentium M 2.8Ghz with better FSB n cache ? i mean in performance / equal to ?

So does an Intel Core 2 Duo P9700 2.8GHz proc perform better than the Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz in GTA4?

1 core - 2.8GHz
2 cores - approx. 2.4GHz iirc...
4 cores - 1.6GHz

for games, juz stick to C2Q or high clock C2D

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 4 2009, 03:39 PM

latest news is that Arrandale will be out in 3 January 2010...

the following models will make up of the first wave:

Core i7-620M - 2.66GHz, 4MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-540M - 2.54GHz, 3MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-520M - 2.40GHz, 3MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-430M - 2.26GHz, 3MB L3 cache, Turbo Boost
Core i3-350M - 2.26GHz, 3MB L3 cache
Core i3-330MA - 2.13GHz, 3MB L3 cache

word, bro

wow that tempting
but that is the socket used for them?
different with Quad right, eventhough they have 4 physical cores like Quad.

This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Dec 4 2009, 03:51 PM

all these are dual cores...

yes u read rit, even the Core i7 600M is a dual...

but afaik, they can use PM55 chipset like the Core i7 quads, with the option of HM55 if the OEM wants to use GMA...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 4 2009, 03:59 PM

These sounds like the replacement of Core 2 Duo's

they ARE the replacements of Core 2 Duo...