X-bit labs

Started by: kaz | Date 05/24/05

Comments: 9 | Last Comment:  05/25/05

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1. What a joke.

"Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840, which is also Intel dual-core desktop chip that is even more advanced, works fine on the mentioned platforms."

More advance in what?! the processor is the same, i dont call it more advance just because it's a little faster.

And i also dont think the world is made of gamers and enthusiasts.

The 840 Extreme Edition could be called more advanced because it has HT, the other 8xx chips do not.

No one (in is right mind) will buy extreme edition.

I didn't claim that people would, but the quote you gave was reffering to the Extreme Edition and I was just pointing out that it does have more advanced features than the other 8xx chips, something you said it didn't.

Gee sorry .... :)

I didnt see the post of being an Extreme Edition ;)
I tought it only exists one 840 model.
And every one talking about the AMD bad model number, look at intel!

Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz (FSB800) 2x 1 MB No HT
Pentium D 830 3.0 GHz (FSB800) 2x 1 MB No HT
Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz (FSB800) 2x 1 MB No HT
Pentium Extreme Edition 840 3.2 GHz (FSB800) 2x 1 MB HT


My point was of an D 840 being more advanced then a D 820 or D830.

Even so... i dont think i would call it (the EE) more advanced since this (HT) has been here since northwood....

2. That's the crappiest thing I've heard this week!

Basically, Nforce4 won't work with Pentium-D 2.8Ghz because:

(a) There is an issue which affects stability.

(b) They assume no one is gonna buy the 2.8Ghz model! HEEELLLO?! Enthusiasts were gonna buy the low-end one and overclock!

This is another reason why I'm planning my next system on AMD solution.

I love how Nvida tries to pass this off as no big deal."Nobody buys those anyway!" What garbage.

3. that doesn't make sense,how is it able to support higher end, while it will be incapable of supporting anything lower...

did they just say..." i don't want to support the pd 2.8 damnit!!!"

4. I agree, this is ridiculous. The definition of PC enthusiasts is not "one with unlimited resources." If am going dual core in the next year, it will be with the most affordable solution available. I had my sights on the 820 and this is indeed unfortunate. I hope nVidia gets the technical problem fixed before mass production of the chipset/motherboards begin. After all, as #2 said, an enthusiast will by the cheapest CPU they can and then eeek every last bit out of it with a good OC.

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