Closing Thoughts
These are interesting results for a number of reasons, we are comparing the mid range Conroe CPU against that of the future top of the range FX62. Whilst we know that AMD has Socket AM2 around the corner, and also has DDR2 around the corner we have to say that Intel have a major performance lead. The clock speeds were low and can clearly increase over time, and apparently the CPU scales well (how well, we don't know yet.)
Intel will launch their new parts in Q3 (we believe at the beginning) the entry level parts look to be coming in at around the 1.8GHz and the High end parts will be 2.8/3.0GHz.
Anyone thinking about a high end system if the numbers which we have just reported are even close to what we will see, we have to say just wait - its not going to be long and it will for sure be worth it.
Thoughts? We wanna hear them!
UPDATE - May 23, 2006
HEXUS.reviews - WORLD EXCLUSIVE! Intel's Conroe spanks AMD FX-62's botty - for real
UPDATE - July 14, 2006 (Launch day for Intel Core 2 Duo)
HEXUS.reviews - Intel Conroe Core 2 Duo/Extreme Processors
HEXUS.reviews - World exclusive! Intel Conroe-powered MESH Elite Extreme SLI system
