digitalversus.com Updated: 2011-07-31 16:56:18
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The Intel range The Pentium G6000 range arrived in January 2010, and is made up of dual-core processors with a built-in graphics chipset.Based on the Clarkdale architecture, they have 3 MB of L3 cache and use an 1156 socket. Engineered at 32 nm, their...
Pluses, Moderate energy consumption, Powerful enough for office use, Builtin graphics...
Minuses, Not powerful enough for medium or advanced gaming, Builtin graphics weak, Not suitable for heavyweight apps...
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At the end of the day, both of these CPUs offer solid value. The Pentium G6950 is a decent starter CPU with tremendous overclocking potential and a platform that has a lot of room to grow with the user. The downside? Poor gamin...
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While a comparable AMD system is a tad cheaper, AMD does not cripple it's chipset and CPUs as much as Intel does. By cost per performance the performance as you have seen is on par, even hyperthreading on the i3 does work well. What is surprising, AMD can cope with Intel even in idle power consumption. As you can see, Intel and AMD are pretty close, but wit...
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Two months ago AMD released a bunch of new CPUs priced between $70 - $120. For the past couple of years AMD has been enjoying the fact that Intel's newest architectures start out at the higher price points, and take their sweet time to trickle down to...
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As for the results of the Pentium G6950 overclock, yes they were impressive, but don't forget that they're beyond the realm of what this CPU could sustain before succumbing to our aggressive settings. The results are interesting in theory, but not as a solid...
Writing this article covering AMD's Phenom II X2 555 introduction and including Intel's Pentium G6950 (we knew that this would be a hot comparison, pardon the pun) was a humbling experience. This is the first time I've committed processorcide...
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hardwareunboxed.com Updated: 2011-07-31 16:57:04
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Still, there is very little difference between the Pentium G6950/H55 and Phenom II X2 550/785G configurations that we used for this article, and both will cost you less than $200 US. Either option is powerful enough for typical day to day tasks, while they are both more than capable of tackling some...
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xbitlabs.com Updated: 2011-07-31 16:57:10
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Summing up everything we have just said, we can only state that the launch of new LGA1156 processors has significantly expanded the application field for this platform. It became a truly mainstream and universal platform, because now there are almost any kinds of LGA1156 processors available: starting with the cheapest...
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When Intel introduced its Conroe architecture, it seemed to ditch the Pentium name in favour of the Core brand. After all, the ‘penta’ part of the name referred to the Pentium being Intel’s fifth range of x86 processor, and calling the Conroe arc...
At stock speeds, the Pentium G6950 has a genuine rival in the Athlon II X3 445 – both produce the same overall score, but the X3 445 will reduce the time you have to wait for lengthy video or audio encodes and is more adept at heavy multi-tasking. As i...
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