Summary
This is a basic preview of this product intended for readers who just want the quick look at the new product. If you are interested in the full review, with all the technical data and benchmarks that you are used to seeing on PC Perspective, please click on this link to get to that article.
Intel recently released a complete line up of dual core processors called the Pentium D series. These processors range from the budget prices of $241 to the high end at $530, but still remain well below the price of the dual core Pentium Extreme Edition we reviewed a while back. These new mainstream processors bring with them the promise of dual core processing advantages to the entire market of computer users.
Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz
The Pentium D line of processors has the exact same specifications as the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 processor, with one notable exception.
Two full Prescott cores
800 MHz Front-side bus
2 x 1 MB L2 Cache
EM64T 64-bit support
What was left off of that list? Support for HyperThreading, Intel’s SMT technology that allows a single core to emulate two logical cores. In past Pentium 4 processors, HT brought basic multiprocessing support to their entire line up of processor. With the 800 series of processors, now only the Pentium Extreme Edition series will have it enabled, giving them the advantage of four total logical cores on a single processor.
Here is the current lineup of the Pentium D at its initial release:
Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz - $241
Pentium D 830 3.0 GHz - $316
Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz - $530
Pentium XE 840 3.2 GHz - $999
You can see that the move to the Extreme Edition processor comes with a hefty price increase. But let’s look at how this new Pentium D 820 processor we have in house performs relative to some other current processors.
This is a basic preview of this product intended for readers who just want the quick look at the new product. If you are interested in the full review, with all the technical data and benchmarks that you are used to seeing on PC Perspective, please click on this link to get to that article.
Intel recently released a complete line up of dual core processors called the Pentium D series. These processors range from the budget prices of $241 to the high end at $530, but still remain well below the price of the dual core Pentium Extreme Edition we reviewed a while back. These new mainstream processors bring with them the promise of dual core processing advantages to the entire market of computer users.
Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz
The Pentium D line of processors has the exact same specifications as the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 processor, with one notable exception.
Two full Prescott cores
800 MHz Front-side bus
2 x 1 MB L2 Cache
EM64T 64-bit support
What was left off of that list? Support for HyperThreading, Intel’s SMT technology that allows a single core to emulate two logical cores. In past Pentium 4 processors, HT brought basic multiprocessing support to their entire line up of processor. With the 800 series of processors, now only the Pentium Extreme Edition series will have it enabled, giving them the advantage of four total logical cores on a single processor.
Here is the current lineup of the Pentium D at its initial release:
Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz - $241
Pentium D 830 3.0 GHz - $316
Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz - $530
Pentium XE 840 3.2 GHz - $999
You can see that the move to the Extreme Edition processor comes with a hefty price increase. But let’s look at how this new Pentium D 820 processor we have in house performs relative to some other current processors.
