New Pentium 4 EE ratchet up performance
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microprocessor giant Intel this week unleashed a faster new Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (EE) processor, but the performance of the new chip is primarily aided by a faster new front-side bus, rather than a faster clock speed. The new P4EE runs at 3.46 GHz, and ships with a whopping 2 MB of L3 cache. But the big advance this time is a blazing new 1066 MHz (1.066 GHz) front-side bus which Intel says provides the chip with 33 percent faster performance than its predecessor, which features an 800 MHz front-side bus. Predictably, the P4EE is still incredibly expensive--it costs almost $1000 per chip--and is still targeted at the gaming/enthusiast market. I just have question here. Who the heck is buying PCs based on this expensive solution?