Madshrimps takes a look at the Intel Core 2 on 45nm
Intel is launching their successor the popular Conroe CPU, build on 45nm manufacturing process, it boasts reduced power consumption and has 50% more L2 cache. The first product out the door is a quad core beast dubbed QX9650. We take this new creation through its paces, comparing performance, power consumption and venturing into overclocking land, where sub zero cooling is the normIntel Core 2 on 45nm: Performance, Overclocking, Power Usage