IntroductionIf you're like me, you will have been watching all of the news and thread popping up around the Internet surrounding Intel's latest line of processors 'Core 2 Duo'. In particular, their latest core codenamed 'Conroe' for the LGA775 platform.After months of waiting, and being teased by benchmarks from engineering samples, the Conroe chip is now available for purchase from most retailers including our friends over at SpecialTech.So, what's so great about this CPU, why does it perform so well, and will you see a worthwhile performance improvement by upgrading from your current processor? All of these questions I plan to answer today by comparing the E6700 and X6800 'Conroe' chips against my trusty Pentium 4 630 chip clocked at a stock speed of 3ghz.Test SetupIntel were kind enough to send us one of their press kits containing some of their latest goodies...- Intel D975XBX 'Bad Axe' Motherboard- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66ghz)- Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (2.93ghz)In order to get things up and running, I'll be adding the following components to the mix:- Silverstone Zeus 560w PSU- XFX 7900GT GPU @ Stock- Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 (5-5-5-15)- Stock Intel CoolerAnd for a 'fair' clock-for-clock comparison, I'll be adding my very own Pentium4 630 running at a stock speed of 3.0ghz which is just a tad faster on the MHZ scale than the Core 2 Duo's that I'm looking at today.
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