Before you nod off to sleep and plant your face in the keyboard, realize that this CPU is actually a pair of chips wound up to 3.73GHz and, well, that's a lot and stuff. Perhaps more importantly, thanks to refinements to its 65-nanometer manufacturing process, Intel has found a way to crank up the clock frequency while dialing back the heat on this double-barreled blowtorch of death. In fact, it's more like a blowtorch of pain now, with power consumption actually reduced from the Pentium Extreme Edition 955 we reviewed a few months back, despite the 965's increased clock speed.
The result could be that this CPU based on a lame-duck microarchitecture manages to do something few Pentiums have done in recent times: catch up with the competition from AMD in terms of performance and power use. And if that doesn't work, we can always try turning up the clock speed to 4.53GHz, right? Let's have a look at what Intel's new fastest processor has to offer.
@ The Tech Report
Wednesday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS Video Card Preview @ Legit Reviews
Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 @ MadboxPC
Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 10.4 Posted! @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 CPU Review @ X-bit labs
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 Processor @ HEXUS
AGEIA @ GDC.. Part 2 @ Techgage
GeForce 7600GS Review @ PCinpact
EVGA 7800GS CO Edition Review @ Technic3D
Seagate's Momentus 2.5" Hard Disks @ LinuxHardware.org
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS Video Card @ TweakPC
Thermaltake Tide Water All in One VGA Liquid Cooling Module Review @ nV News
XFX REVO64 NC3000 Gamer's Edition @ Bjorn3D
Ageia GDC 2006 Product Launch @ GDhardware.com
Vizo LAN Dock USB-II multi-function module review @ A1Electronics.net
System Builders Guide (SBG) Updated! @ TweakTown
Update of the ocinside.de OC-Database with nearly 10000 systems
ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 Review @ Beyond3D
PowerColor ATI X1600XT Bravo Edition @ ThinkComputers.org
X-Pad Wants Review Pulled. Virtual-Hideout Denies!
Crucial Hi-Speed USB 8-in-1 Aluminum card reader @ XtremeComputing
ECS KN1 SLI Extreme motherboard @ Hardware-Review.net
Sapphire X800 GTO2 Review @ The TechZone
Vizo Luxon HDD Enclosure @ Techgage
Zalman TNN 300 Compact Fanless Case Video Review #661 @ 3dGameMan
Thermalright V1 Ultra VGA Cooler @ BLiNK infotainment
Case Logic Camera Cases Review @ XYZ Computing
Peripherals
TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 Keyboard @ ThinkCE.net
Everglide S-500 Headphones Review @ MODTHEBOX.COM
Editorials
Getting the Most out of Your iPod: Accessories @ Designtechnica
Software
NGO ATI Optimized Driver v1.6.3 @ NGOHQ
Events
Game Developers Conference - Day 1 @ Techgage
Electronics
Casio Exilim EX-S600 Review @ WindowsAtoZ.com
Games
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Video Game Demo @ GamersHell
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines @ StrategyInformer
