Intel Core 2 Duo T9400?

Any news of when the Core 2 Duo T9400 and T9600 come out yet?

 

It's possible any day now.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/intel-releasing-15-montevina-cpus-in-may/

 

Is there any certain day of the week Intel releases computer parts?

 

They're already release on some places, but they're out of stock already.

 

Wikipedia states that all the future Montevina processors will be out in May, but I hear that Montevina will be launched early June in a computer expo in Taipei though.

I'm quite sure its the latter, we'll have to wait until early June....

 

Would this processor as well as the T9600 work in the Dell Inspiron 1720? In case you don't know, it is a Santa Rosa model, and socket P or something like that lol

 

Sorry but no. The T9400 and T9600 are upcoming Montevina processors, which will use an entirely new and different chipset, so they won't be compatible with current notebooks,

However, you can upgrade your notebook's processor to the current Penryn processors that have been out a couple of months because Santa Rosa and Penryn share the same chipset, Penryn is a refresh of Santa Rosa and its backwards compatible.

 

Yup. Wait till they come out become a little popular and snag up a cheap T9500

 

Hehe -thanks. Between the T9300 and the T9500, there is a hell of a lot of moneys difference, yet only a .10 ghz increase - and the T9300, which is 2.5GHz I believe, can be bought for the same price as the T7700 which is only 2.4Ghz, which before Penryn, used to be the max that the Inspiron 1720 could handle

 

It's been discussed multiple times.
Outcome: The T9300 is the ideal processor to buy.

 

I'm pretty sure the T9400 is socket P. If it is, than any notebook that uses socket p would be able to use it, regardless if it's montevina or not. The worse is that the motherboard won't recognize the cpu. Manufacturer just have to release a bios update for the cpu to be recognize.

 

Guys I've made a thread that also talks about the new platform with high clocked RAM frequencies.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=247134

The T9400 and T9600 seem to offer good upgardes IMO. But how much the performance increase? I don't know...

 

The T5xxx series of processors were of 667 FSB. Only the T5x50 series were compatible with the santa rosa chipsets.

I am not quite sure of the T9300 or T9500, if they will be compatible with montevina chipset.

 

T9400 is socket P' rather than socket P.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_future_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors

 

That's probably a typo if you ask me. If you look at T9600, which is below it, it doesn't have " ' ".

The T9300 and T9500 definitely would work. We're just debating over the T9400 and T9600. I don't see how the T9400 and T9600 would not work on santa rosa platform. Chipset does not limit the cpu, as long as the cpu's socket is compatible with the motherboard and it's fsb is not higher than the max fsb of the motherboard it should be fine.

 

You can also find a T7500 sometimes for 1/2 the price of a T9300. Is $150 or more worth the marginal increase in performance?

For the Penryn processors, the T9300 is the ideal processor to buy over the T9500. Is it a better buy than the T8300? Once again, depends on needs/price.

 

I'd better go out and get a x9000 to stay ahead of the game

 

Eh, what are you using that requires you to stay ahead of the game with a X9000?

1) Are you intending to overclock?
2) Depending on your use, you are likely to be bottlenecked by your GPU, not CPU. That is, looking at your current laptop.

 

Are you blind, I'm selling that notebook. I have a Clevo M570RU on order with an 8800m GTX 512MB, which should be arriving tomorrow. Also, since it uses MXM it'll be upgradeable for years to come.

And no, I don't do much overclocking.

 

Are you stupid?

Yes, I can see that you're selling it. Which is precisely why I emphasized that it was your CURRENT laptop.

And really now? MXM? Do your research before being so confident about being upgradeable for years to come. The 5793 had some issues for upgrading to 8800M. And the 9262 had huge issues. Both are MXM. Both are certainly upgradeable, for now at any rate. A new motherboard is all you need in some cases. Are the upgrades worth it though? That's personal opinion.

Ultimately, my point is that MXM is no promise of certain upgradeability.

If you don't intend to do much overclocking, you are probably better off waiting to see if you can use any of the Montevina processors on your motherboard before forking out for the X9000.

 

Just got a T9400 ES With Pi screenshot. Not me.

 

2.53 Ghz ? not much of a difference over the T9300 apparently.
Wheh, 1.36V ? That`s definitely a heater right there...
A wPrime 1.55 test would be more fair...