THG has a new article posted, fresh from the get go. It's about an Intel® Pentium® D 805 with a great overclock. Now, when this processor was released eons ago (yeah, I know, it's just this year) many where skeptical about this processor. Some speculate they are "failed" or "reject" processors, bah, numb nuts I say. Others speculate the actual reason behind the pricing. Others thought these processors are just hype, not really doing anything good except basic multi-tasking. Bah, humbug.Anyway, THG has their own "theory" about this processor
There aren't any significant differences between the two versions when it comes to energy saving functions or instruction sets, but it's easy to recognize from the B0 version that the Pentium D 805 really belongs to the second production series for this CPU. The motivation for a version update usually comes from further optimizations to the circuit layout or fabrication process, as well as corrections for design or behaviour errors. On all counts, the B0 version is an improvement over the older A0 version. Since this version could handle CPU clock rates of 3.2 GHz at the beginning of the series without any problems, a consequence of these improvements is that all B0 version CPUs should be able to handle CPU clock rates of at least 3.2 GHz. This was the theory we formulated before we started testing the Pentium D 805.
To read the full scoop, check it out.
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