I will be building a new computer soon with a P5E3 X38 mobo and trying to decide which 45nm (dual or quad) cpu to use.I prefer HD video.how will the Q9450 with its larger cache compare?

Wow, the Phailure managed to beat a Dual-Core in 6 tests!

Not bad, it beats the Q6600 in performance and power consumption, yet costs the same. A higher multi and 12MB L2 would have been nice though. :P

I'm personally waiting for a Q9450... only $50 more but you get double the cache and the 8x multi should allow for more overclocking headroom too.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300 9.html at this page there is a mistake i think. There is 2 times written Unreal Tournament 3 game data and each of them is the same. I think Quake 4 game data was forgotten because Quake 4 is one of the your favorite game. :)

Thanks for the review, by the way.

nice review, usefull for those who can't decide beetween Q6600 and the new quad's...still, temperature data would be great!

cheers

When it will be out?

Power consumption question for you...
What power supply is used for these tests? Is it 80+ compliant?

Ilya: as you've mentioned before, only some of the tests in the Mathematica benchmark are multithreaded (specifically, the numerical operations that use the MKL). However, you might perhaps find it more informative to run several instances of the benchmark in parallel in the case of multi-core systems.

Although you would need a kernel licence for each instance of the kernel you wish to run, I've written a notebook which automatically deals with running the benchmarks in parallel and combining them into a total score. By all means PM or e-mail me (via the forum) if you're interested in my sending this to you.

Excellent well balanced review.

Since there was a delay, does anyone know when the Quads are coming out? I've heard it was Mid-Feb or March.

yo clueless - of coarse i new this before the artice as i have posted for months:
"Today we are going to talk about the youngest quad-core Yorkfield CPU, which should replace the today’s market hit – Core 2 Quad Q6600."

wrong! its 1333 balance my friends again - i have said this months - you can google it!


any novice can clock a q6600 to 3.6ghz

a 1333 part is not replacing a 1066 part -to quote your own words:

"It is not enough to increase processor Vcore to ensure that it will run stably at high FSB speeds. To ensure stability you need to increase other voltages, too: CPU PLL Voltage, FSB Termination Voltage and NB Voltage. For example, when we overclocked our Core 2 Quad Q9300 to 3.5GHz we used the following settings:"

why start article out by saying its going to replace it? you guys must not have read my posts on THG?

I really like you site - but your previous articles even show after fsb 400 or 1600 fsb that pefornce decreases and you have issues!

bad intro, stock settings mean nothing today - again overclocking is mainstrean dell and hp do it.

the sweat spot on all C2D chips is multiplier of 9 the exact number of q6600. i would not be so sarcstic if where not for 2 facts: 1) i have posted this over and over on THG and 2) you say this is going to replace it but your own test show its no 3.6-3.8ghz chip.

i have been shipping 3.6+ghz air cooled systems for months.

Bottom line, intel is raising prices, you need to move up the ladder to get your 4-4.25ghz quad system.

I am gonna have to ask it again ->
Why isn't there any x264 encoding benchmark ?
For the love of God, vastly more people use x264 encoder than the Mainconcept H264 encoder. So, why this love with Mainconcept ?

Interesting ...
But the main question for me is:
"Will this creature (Q9300) work with my ASUS P5N32-E SLI which is 680i chipset or to take Q6600"
because I don't whant to change MB until nehalem or fusion.

I used to read anandtech and toms hardware but this is far better!!!

It looks like Crysis is lying! They said Crysis will take advantage of 4 cores, unfortunately from the charts (The E8500 vs Q9300) Crysis on a quad core is -20.9% slower!

Looks like I made a good call with my E8400 for gaming. Thanks for the info!

How about heat comparison with Q6600 overclocked and non-overclocked?

Thanks.

Looks like I'll keep my overclocked q6600 for the time being :)

nice work

Well, I tried to join the forums to issue an apology for my rude comments but apparently and i am banned before i even joined! Wow! So I just posted it here.
First, this is a great site - period! Your reviews are really good, honest and strait forward. As I posted above, I should not post while drinking beer. So I am posting my official apology on this article. It was a good article and deserved way more respect then my post. ok guys good luck!