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So Core Duo owners could upgrade to Merom?

post #1 of 23
4/2/06 at 6:43pm
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And what's the expected merom costs? If I want a 64 bits laptop at the end of this year, will it be enough by upgrading the processor? I'll be a E1505/I6400 owner in 2 weeks, so i got that doubt.
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post #2 of 23
4/2/06 at 7:06pm
Everything is pointing to yes. Its not 100% certain, but I have seen little saying NO.

From what I have read the clock speeds on the first line of merom will be the same as yonah, but 20% more power per clock i believe.

I will imagine the yonahs will take a price cut and we will see the merom at around 250-400 depending on which one you go with.
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post #3 of 23
4/2/06 at 9:10pm
pwain is pretty accurate with his reply.

1st gen Merom will be 667mhz, and derived from Yonah. The difference is Merom will handle 4 instructions per clock while Yonah can only handle 3. And before you say "but that's 33% increase" it's actually not. Because Yonah handles 2 simple instructions and 1 high instruction per clock cycle, while Merom will handle 2 single instructions and 2 high instructions per clock cycle. The extra high instructions (SSE2,SSE3,MMX,EM64T) will not always be utilized unless you're working purely in a 64bit application. Even games aren't designed to utilize the full instructions per clock of Merom, but newer games after Merom will.
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post #4 of 23
4/2/06 at 9:16pm
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That's nice!! So I won't have to purchase another laptop in order to run the 64 bits version of Windows or Linux.
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post #5 of 23
4/2/06 at 9:20pm
yes, fugger of xtremesystems has tested a merom in a fujitsu yonah laptop without any problems

merom is ~20% faster clock for clock than yonah and will be released with 1.66-2.33ghz clockspeeds using the 166 (667) fsb.

power usage is similar to yonah.
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post #6 of 23
4/2/06 at 9:37pm
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woooohooo!!! those are nice news.
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post #7 of 23
4/2/06 at 9:42pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cirthix
yes, fugger of xtremesystems has tested a merom in a fujitsu yonah laptop without any problems

merom is ~20% faster clock for clock than yonah and will be released with 1.66-2.33ghz clockspeeds using the 166 (667) fsb.

power usage is similar to yonah.
I just visited that site and see a mention to that news in "Recent News" and a little screenshot of Super PI and PC Wizard but no more information, am i missing something? it's just like a comment about it.

PD: What's a "Calistoga based laptop" ?
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post #8 of 23
4/2/06 at 10:05pm
I see an upgrade in my Future...lol

When is the new 64 bit release of WIndows due
(i don't mean WinXP 64 Bit I have that)
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post #9 of 23
4/2/06 at 10:13pm
Il wait until merom 800 mhz hits, then il ebay a 2.33 ghz 667 mhz model haha . That will be plenty for me for a whilllllllllle im quiet happy with my 1.83 ghz model .
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post #10 of 23
4/3/06 at 2:23am
If you recall what the move from 533 to 667 did for the P-M, you'll probably not be all that worried about Merom at 667. The 800 will be faster but in the mobile environment it's not likely to be too much of a hit to live with 667.

Now the features of the 800 based mobile chipset, that's another matter. New wireless and possibly that hybrid flash hardrive controller - could all be fun.

But buying a 1710 now and upgrading to Merom, while expensive (Merom won't be cheap) should net you a 2.33 cpu that is quite fast.

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post #11 of 23
4/3/06 at 3:30am
it seems like but no one knows for sure we'll see
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post #12 of 23
4/3/06 at 4:05am
This is Intel we are talking about here. I would say the chance of upgrading is zero.
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post #13 of 23
4/3/06 at 4:11am
It's been done, I believe.
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post #14 of 23
4/3/06 at 5:25am
there are no questions, hopes, ands, ifs, chances, or buts about it.

it's been done
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post #15 of 23
4/3/06 at 5:30am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cirthix
there are no questions, hopes, ands, ifs, chances, or buts about it.

it's been done
That might be true, but where is the proof, or even reference?
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post #16 of 23
4/4/06 at 1:10pm
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Originally Posted by sorienor
This is Intel we are talking about here. I would say the chance of upgrading is zero.
I agree! They are just a LITTLE better than Steve Jobers are as far as upgrading goes. I have hard time believing it. I think by the time Merom is out Intel will find a way to bar us from upgrading.

Musiclover
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post #17 of 23
4/4/06 at 1:22pm
calistoga is the chipset for the the 800 mhz fsb merom.
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post #18 of 23
4/4/06 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
calistoga is the chipset for the the 800 mhz fsb merom.

Chevy did I see a thread sunday morning posted by you about someone dropping the merom into the 9400? I cant find it anywhere.

Or maybe I was just up too early.
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post #19 of 23
4/13/06 at 3:44am
here

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=95935
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post #20 of 23
4/13/06 at 5:00am
so will Dell do the upgrade of the processor for us?
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