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Intel's "Penryn" Core 2 processor: the first results
By David Fearon
Posted on 29 Oct 2007 at 11:08
The message from these results is that if you have a current-generation quad-core CPU you won't gain much performance by upgrading, although you'll almost certainly get a more overclockable part. The first-generation Penryn is by no means a disaster, but big performance gains will only come once the higher-clocked parts that 45nm will allow are released.
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