Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor Review - T7600 @ PC Perspective

Iria · Aug 28, 2006, 05:02 PM

Review: PC Perspective
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A month ago we showed you exclusive testing results (here) of the new Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 “Merom” CPU . While those initial results showed good improvements in floating point operation, a quick test revealed that battery life (here) of the T7400 sample Intel sent us was still not ready for prime time as the Core 2 Duo should have better battery performance by design.

Just a week following that article, we released updated results using a new BIOS for the Asus Z96J whitebook laptop (see the results of that updated BIOS here). This new BIOS helped the situation somewhat by improving battery life, but the T7400 Engineering Sample we have still fell short of matching the older T2600 Core Duo CPU in power consumption. But a month has passed since we last looked at the mobile Core 2 Duo, and Intel is now ready to let the world see what their latest CPU is capable of.

Aug 28, 2006, 05:02 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor Review - T7600 @ PC Perspective Review: PC Perspective _________ A month ago we showed you exclusive testing results (here) of the new Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 “Merom” CPU . While those initial results showed good improvements in floating point operation, a quick test revealed that battery life (here) of the T7400 sample Intel sent us was still not ready for prime time as the Core 2 Duo should have better battery performance by design. Just a week following that article, we released updated results using a new BIOS for the Asus Z96J whitebook laptop (see the results of that updated BIOS here). This new BIOS helped the situation somewhat by improving battery life, but the T7400 Engineering Sample we have still fell short of matching the older T2600 Core Duo CPU in power consumption. But a month has passed since we last looked at the mobile Core 2 Duo, and Intel is now ready to let the world see what their latest CPU is capable of.