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CPUID screenshot courtesy of VictorWang
Intel's "Conroe" refresh parts overclocked and benchmarked on XtremeSystems

XtremeSystems forum member VictorWang has come across early engineering samples of Intel’s upcoming Core 2 Duo E6850.  The Core 2 Duo E6850 engineering samples are stepping 9 revision E0. Stock voltage on the Core 2 Duo E6850 engineer samples vary between 1.22-1.24-volts.

Intel expects to launch refreshed Core 2 Duo E6x50 series processors later this year with a 1333 MHz front-side-bus.  The refresh is timed with the new Bearlake Intel chipsets.

VictorWang claims the Core 2 Duo E6850 overclocks very well but dislikes voltages higher than 1.48-volts. When air-cooled, the engineer sample Core 2 Duo E6850 is able to reach front-side-bus speeds of 533-570 MHz, the equivalent of over 2 GHz if you take the quad-pumped bus architecture into consideration.

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Faked screenshots?
By TechLuster on 2/2/2007 10:01:44 PM , Rating: 2
The last CPU-Z screenshot shows the E6850 running at 3807MHz on only 1.150V (though the voltage utility next to it and his text both state 1.42V).

Is this just a CPU-Z bug, or are these fakes?




RE: Faked screenshots?
By Kougar on 2/3/2007 3:00:40 AM , Rating: 2
CPU-Z bug more than likely, I get the same thing with my Gigabyte board. For accurate voltages I had to resort to Gigabyte's EasyTune5.


Saving money by overclocking
By BuddyHolly on 2/3/2007 3:01:50 PM , Rating: 2
OK let how much does it cost to go to the store and buy a 3.6ghz Core 2 duo system? Oh yes, thats right, you can't. So the top of the line chip is running 2.93ghz and it cost $1000. My 6400 cost me $190 and I run it 700mhz faster than the fastest thing you can by perfectly stable 24/7 for the past 5 months.
Simple math is lost on people these days.
Would I run the space shuttle on this chip overclocked like do? Maybe not a great idea, but not impossible. But encoding my DVD to divx at great quality in 45 minutes vs almost 2 hours it take stock in pretty hard to put a price on.




570?
By dubldwn on 2/2/07, Rating: 0
OMG
By CoreGamer on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: OMG
By jmunjr on 2/2/2007 4:04:03 PM , Rating: 2
Lol, you know someone is an absolute no-lifed dork when they accuse someone else of living "under a rock" for revealing details about a cpu...


RE: OMG
By CoreGamer on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: OMG
By jmunjr on 2/2/2007 4:09:39 PM , Rating: 2
It wasn't an accusation, it was an opinion. It just cracked me up. Reminded me of the annoying computer help desk guy from Saturday Night Live.


RE: OMG
By Hare on 2/2/2007 4:47:44 PM , Rating: 2
This is a blog entry. The author found it interesting that this specific processor is out there. He/she decided that maybe someone else could also find this interesting...

What's wrong with that?


RE: OMG
By Hare on 2/2/2007 4:54:16 PM , Rating: 2
Just realised that this wasn't a blog entry. I stil found this interesting...


overclocking!
By AlmostExAMD on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: overclocking!
By sscilli on 2/3/2007 3:42:50 AM , Rating: 2
Even a modest overclock is worth it. I've got a E6400 that I can't get stable past 2.8Ghz(I guess I didn't get lucky). Right now I'm running it at 2.66Ghz, which saves me nearly 300 dollars more I would have to spend on a E6700. That is still a great value, though I really wish I was running at >3Ghz :(.


RE: overclocking!
By Kragoth on 2/4/2007 8:14:13 PM , Rating: 1
I think all you guys in favour of overclocking are missing one point. Ok, you buy a cheap processor and make it perform like a more expensive one....but that doesn't mean you are really achieving what you keep telling yourself. You could always buy the more expensive processor and overclock it beyond what you can your cheaper one. The idea of overclocking is great but you never achieve the speed of the next processor up the chain because that processor would be able to do better then the one you are overclocking. (OK, I know there are a few exceptions to this rule but it is correct for the majority of processors). The real reason for overclocking is the fact that you cannot afford the more expensive processor and you want more power then the what you can afford, so, you void the warranty and push the processor beyond its rated settings. I say this because 99.9% of you would buy the best processor if money wasn't a problem. You wouldn't buy the cheaper one and overclock it to the same speed.

Overclocking can be stable and relatively safe most of the time. However, overclocking DOES reduce the overall lifespan of the processor. This is a fact. Granted most of us change our processors before that time comes but regardless the fact remains that a processor will degrade faster when overclocked.

Good overclockers also know that results vary buy a very large margin on exactly the same processors. Just because you can get 3.5GHz out of a 2.4GHz machine doesn't mean the next guy can do the same. His processor may max out at 2.8GHz.

There are pros and cons to overclocking and most people are happy with the pros because "GENERALLY" overclocking does not cause any problems at all, IF you follow good procedures when you overclock.

It's sorta pointless to argue about overclocking cause I dont think it will ever stop, and it can produce fantastic performance....and sometimes you never find out what it's doing because you sell up before the results raise their head.

Good luck!


RE: overclocking!
By mindless1 on 2/8/2007 4:21:06 PM , Rating: 2
Sometimes what you write is true but often not.

O'c a cheaper processor DOES mean you are really achieving something because they're multiplier locked, you can't even get the same performance level from o'c of many higher end parts because you hit bus limitations.

You not only achieve the speed of the next processor up, you almost always go FAR FAR beyond that with exceptions being rare.

99.9% of overclockers, if money was no issue, would still seek to o'c whatever they bought.

You have not established that overclocking reduces the CPU lifespan enough to matter, in general. Something extreme or reckless may do so, but it is essentially not an issue of overclocking in general it is an issue of doing it recklessly. What thing in life would not be a potential problem if done recklessly?

It's not overclocking that is the real issue, it is the ability of the system integrator to make a stable system configuration. They either rely on the judgement of others or take it upon themselves. Just like there are good and bad professional engineers making products you buy at retail, so are there good and bad, overclocking end users. Since it's their system, all they have to do is meet their own requirements and that so many who can o'c successfully, do, speaks volumes by itself.


Do people still overclock?
By thebrown13 on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: Do people still overclock?
By dubldwn on 2/2/2007 4:38:22 PM , Rating: 5
quote:
Do people still overclock?

Yes.
quote:
I don't know anyone that values speed over stability.

I hope I'm not missing sarcasm here. Overclocking can save you hundreds, can be stable, and for weirdos like me is actually something fun to do when it's raining. I like to push my hardware (and everything else I own). Did you reach for the minivan instead of the Camero?


RE: Do people still overclock?
By thebrown13 on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: Do people still overclock?
By bobsmith1492 on 2/2/2007 5:06:08 PM , Rating: 5
Note: you may be correct when it comes to gaming, but some people do CPU-intensive work where a 50% clock boost saves you 50% of the time it takes to do something...


RE: Do people still overclock?
By thebrown13 on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: Do people still overclock?
By Duwelon on 2/2/07, Rating: -1
RE: Do people still overclock?
By cochy on 2/3/2007 12:08:04 AM , Rating: 2
Actually he doesn't sound like anything but an idiot. Lots of people overclock and it's perfectly stable. Most motherboards these days come with pre-defined overclocking settings so it's as easy to do as setting your cd-rom to the primary boot device.


By StevoLincolnite on 2/3/2007 12:32:06 AM , Rating: 2
Some people cant afford to upgrade and be up to date most of the time, For instance I have a Pentium M 1.6ghz, 1gb of ram, Mobility Radeon 9700pro. I have the Processor sitting at 2.0ghz stable.
The Radeon 9700pro went from 450/210 to 520/270 - And that actually gave me a nice enough improvement to play Oblivion on Medium Quality on my laptop. And If I wish for long life battery, I can reset the clocks in windows.

So how exactly Do I get quad core on my Dothan based laptop? You cant. And I refuse to shell out a few grand for a new machine, if Over clocking can allow me to do the things I need. The heat generated from the processor and graphics card didn't change all that much, And has been running for weeks like it is without a hiccup. Over clocking only fails when the user doesn't know what he is doing, And idiots like yourself obviously do not.