Penryn Chips?

[bcsanderson]

Have you guys heard anything about Intel's new 45 nm Penryn chip? The article that I saw said that users can expect to see a 10%-40% increase using technical programs (IE Revit) and 20%-50% increase in performance with general computing (web browsers, word, etc...) I think these sound pretty great if they are under $1000. Supposed to be out soon if not already, I haven't been able to turn up any retailers. Another report said that they're working on a 35nm chip due out late 09'. If you guys turn up any other cool or debunking info please share.

Oh and for the duel core processor model they are saying it will divert power from one core to the other when running a single (*cough* Revit) threaded application for better performance.

[jtj]

Interesting stuff... lower power requirements could turn out some slimmer form factors that can handle a large model reasonably well.

Here's some info from Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/...essor_overview

This is particularly interesting:
4GHz, Air cooled Penryn...
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/...h_air_cooling/


And this link here should take you to all of NewEgg's current 45nm offerings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=&srchInDesc=

(just to give you an idea of what's hit the retail market already)


Thanks for the heads up -- looks like I'll have to build a new BIM Box in a few months

[brian104662]

We picked up a Wolfdale chip from Newegg for our new box, so far nothing but great things. We're running it with a Zalman cooler and it operates at 28C which is pretty cold as processors go. I've read reviews saying that people are pushing the chip up to 4.0+ Ghz on air cooling. We're not that adventurous at this point but it'd be interesting to see if it was a noticeable tweak when running Revit. A++ if you are building a new machine.