Testseek.com have collected 132 expert reviews of the Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366.
November 2008
(89%)
132 Reviews
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The third fastest processor currently on the planet, The price is definitely right, Tri-channel DDR3 offers an average of 33% more memory bandwidth, Utilization of SMT (Hyperthreading) greatly enhances performance, Increased parallelism effectively all...
A new X58 based motherboard will be required, New power efficient memory will likely be required
Well the day has finally arrived where the Intel Core series of processors arent just hype, rumor, and innuendo anymore. Much of the marketing hype that was circulating before these processors were sent out for review has proven to be true and their n...
While Intel had no need to bring a faster CPU in the desktop market, the new CPUs are quite promising and the speed increase impressive. They are the fastest CPU you can buy, but while the 920 is quite "cheap" at under €300, you have to change your w...
Abstract: This is one of those subjects that needs to be covered but to put it simply we dont need to take you through 10 pages of text and ads to get our point across, so we are not. A quick video and some explanation is all that is needed and we will follow u...
Going for glory... how far can we push the i7 920?Pushing the Core i7 920 up to 4GHz was fantastically easy to get stable. However, when we tried to take things beyond 4GHz, it was like we had hit a stability brick wall. One thing is certain then - ge...
Hopefully by now you have a good idea of what Core i7 brings to the table, and what it doesnt. I think its safe to say that Intel successfully brought back the same spirit that came with the original Core 2 launch. That particular launch unveiled pr...
Damn, theyre, quick arent they? Intels Core i7 processors are multi-threading monsters, and this is an extremely enjoyable processor series. Its a hit, its a killer. Its always simple, if an architecture feels right from the beginning, its boun...
Abstract: This is it, this is the real deal! Months and months of speculations, little sneak previews of websites that released info too early and even following threads on overclocking discussion forums in which Intel representatives released small amounts of i...
Abstract: Page 10 of 10 At prices of $999 for the i7-965, $562 for the i7-940 and only $284 for the i7-920 – it’s very evident that Intel’s greatest threat will be against itself in that the way these CPUs are priced compete directly with t...
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Published: 2008-11-03, Author: Sean , review by: planetx64.com
Abstract: There is not much more to add to the i7, the performance really says it all. Intel has produced a true CPU evolution here, taking the Core marchitecture one step further and giving us a jump in performance. The fact that a single quad core CPU can in m...
