new son for the c2d mobile family

9800 is the name


Intel has already launched T9600, a 2.8GHz dual core with 6MB cache and 1066FSB support. This chip fits into the new Montevina aka Centrino 2 platform, but there is a new chip that will take the performance leader crown from this quite fast chip.

Intel plans to launch Core 2 T9800 a new CPU that works at 2.93GHz has 6MB cache, supports 1066FSB and 35W TDP.

It fits to socket P and it is definitely going to be the fastest dual-core for notebooks to date. The quad-core mobile CPU will also launch in the next few weeks, but we don’t expect such great performance out of it, as it will be slower clocked than most of the dual cores.

(fudzilla)

 

I dont think the T9800 will be any better than the T9600/T9400/P9500, unless they bring out a dual-core supporting 333MHz FSB (not possible with MV)

But I am looking fwd to the quad core and the X9100..:yes:

And the Quad-Core will be better than most Dual Cores.... (Try playing Supreme Commander with a QC and notice the difference)
It is just a matter of time and software compatibility....Since 4 cores working at once is definitely better than 2..

 

Really cool

Are you sure that you can swap T9800 with T9600?

 

Whats the point..??

 

I dunno, bragging right?

 

$$$$$$$$

 

You can always sell the old one at eBay. You pay little money in the end.

 

You will notice a 133 MHz INCREASE PER CORE DUE TO THE 0.5x INCREASE IN THE MULTIPLIER..!!

 

Realistically, it's that the T9600 will fall one level in the pricing scheme, from $530 to $316. The T9400 will fall from $316 to $241. But the net effect it that is costs $75 to go from 2.53 GHz to 2.8 GHz instead of $214, making it a much more attractive possibility and one that may well be worth doing.

Of course that's assuming Intel keeps the pricing scheme as it has been the past year or two and doesn't throw a curveball and make the T9600 be $400 or something like that at the new price point and leave the T9400 the same, but I don't think they'll do that. Even if they do the 2.53 to 2.8 upgrade will still be a better deal.