Early review of Pentium 4 630

No_Style · Feb 3, 2005, 02:22 AM

French hardware site X86-Secret has reviewed what looks to be Intel's upcoming Pentium 630, as well that the Pentium 4 EE 3.73 GHz. The tweaked Pentium 4 600 series is not scheduled to be introduced to market for another few weeks, but the details of the architecture are largely known. The 600 series doubles the Pentium 4's L2 cache size to 2MB, officially supports x86 64-bit extensions, and features the NX (no execute) bit. A newer version of SpeedStep is also expected, but the frontside bus will remain at 800MHz. The Pentium 4 EE 3.73 is also close to release.

The review, in French and curiously early, seems to confirm what I expected: tweaks such as those behind the 600 series wring a little more, but not much more performance out of an otherwise dying architecture. Of course, without a barrage of reviews to check against, we have to view these results with a bit of caution, but for the most part they don't seem too surprising. PC Mark 2004 scores show the 3.0 GHz 630 merely two percentage points faster than the 3.0GHz 530 model, and for the most part, this is where things stay in the 32-bit realm within the Intel family. But hey, 630 must be better than 530, right? Well, you do get 64-bit support and the NX bit, the former of which will come in handy later this year when Windows XP 64-bit is finally released.

Battling against a pair of Athlon 64s rated at 3200+ and 3800+, the story doesn't change much from what we've already seen from the 530. The Pentium 630's slight edge over the 530 means that it performs better against the Athlon 64s, sometimes winning, sometimes losing. Thumb through for the 32-bit blow-by-blow, if you want to.
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Read More/Source: Ars Technica

Warpy · Feb 3, 2005, 05:03 AM

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Feb 3, 2005, 02:22 AM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Early review of Pentium 4 630 French hardware site X86-Secret has reviewed what looks to be Intel's upcoming Pentium 630, as well that the Pentium 4 EE 3.73 GHz. The tweaked Pentium 4 600 series is not scheduled to be introduced to market for another few weeks, but the details of the architecture are largely known. The 600 series doubles the Pentium 4's L2 cache size to 2MB, officially supports x86 64-bit extensions, and features the NX (no execute) bit. A newer version of SpeedStep is also expected, but the frontside bus will remain at 800MHz. The Pentium 4 EE 3.73 is also close to release. The review, in French and curiously early, seems to confirm what I expected: tweaks such as those behind the 600 series wring a little more, but not much more performance out of an otherwise dying architecture. Of course, without a barrage of reviews to check against, we have to view these results with a bit of caution, but for the most part they don't seem too surprising. PC Mark 2004 scores show the 3.0 GHz 630 merely two percentage points faster than the 3.0GHz 530 model, and for the most part, this is where things stay in the 32-bit realm within the Intel family. But hey, 630 must be better than 530, right? Well, you do get 64-bit support and the NX bit, the former of which will come in handy later this year when Windows XP 64-bit is finally released. Battling against a pair of Athlon 64s rated at 3200+ and 3800+, the story doesn't change much from what we've already seen from the 530. The Pentium 630's slight edge over the 530 means that it performs better against the Athlon 64s, sometimes winning, sometimes losing. Thumb through for the 32-bit blow-by-blow, if you want to. _______________ Read More/Source: Ars Technica __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Feb 3, 2005, 05:03 AM	#2
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