The CPU Poll

Conroe? Merom? Even Yonah's pretty badass. Why would you choose anything else? Intel.

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Originally Posted by GALM-2

I stopped caring here.

Referring to processors by their codename is a) not very helpful, b) not very informative, c) not very relevant.

All I know is that those are the Core2 chips. Nothing else.

I can't imagine why not, considering that's what people have been calling them since just about forever now. They only got "names" last week. Yes, they are Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo respectively. They are the first chips based on the new Core architecture and are both dual-core. Conroe is the replacement for the Pentium 4, and is faster than the Athlon 64. Merom is the replacement for the Yonah "Core Duo" and obviously provides for a modest performance increase over that chip.

As to why I refer to them by their codenames, that's because it's easier to distinguish which actual chip you're talking about, especially when Intel's actual product naming scheme is so non-descript.

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And following in the tradition of totally random product names, Intel's making the Core 2 Duo name cover BOTH the Merom (mobile) and Conroe (desktop) cores. Only way to tell them apart is the model number. The Meroms will use the E5000 and E7000 series numbers, and the Conroes will use the E4000 and E6000 series numbers.

The only one called Core 2 Extreme will be the Conroe XE core, which I suppose is a replacement for the Pentium 4 EE (rebranded Xeon). Though, it's not a Woodcrest, which is the actual Core successor to the Xeon...

Son of a bitch, Intel. Props for making awesome new chips, NO props for your confusing-ass product lineup.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.