{"id":2672,"date":"2009-01-23T21:17:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T21:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2009-01-23T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T21:35:38","slug":"q9550-s-arrives-at-abt-for-benchmarking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/q9550-s-arrives-at-abt-for-benchmarking\/","title":{"rendered":"Q9550-S Arrives at ABT for Benchmarking!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We are pleased to report that we received our engineering sample of Q9550S<\/strong> from Intel.\u00a0 Thanks!\u00a0 This is the brand new 12MB L2 cache, S-spec quad-core, 2.83Ghz CPU from Intel with a thermal design power rating of only 65w!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/processorfinder.intel.com\/details.aspx?sSpec=SLGAE<\/a><\/p>\n

What does this mean?\u00a0 Well, we think it may be a great overclocker and we are not going to waste any time in getting it set up for benchmarking.\u00a0 We are going to also overclock our e8600 – which is currently at 4.0 Ghz – as far as it will go and give you a PC gaming “shootout” comparison – Quad Core vs. Dual Core<\/em>.\u00a0 We will also set new, even more demanding benchmarks, and answer the question –\u00a0 it is worthwhile to upgrade to quad core for today’s PC games from a dual core CPU?<\/em><\/p>\n

So, stay tuned.\u00a0 I am currently finishing my review that compares 8 sets of drivers – ATi’s Catalyst 8.9 through 8-12 and Geforce 178.13 through 181.20 – with our top video cards and should be up by tomorrow.\u00a0 Therefore the Q9550s benching is starting in just a few minutes!\u00a0 We should have the Q9550 brand new review up by Monday – barring unforeseen issues.<\/p>\n

Mark Poppin<\/p>\n

ABT editor<\/p>\n


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If anybody would like to see us add any benches, – or have any suggestions for us or comments for our benching or review – please feel to post comments and\/or sign up to discuss in our ABT forums:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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