Prescotts ready for action???

[lilhobo]

i was looking so foward to these, with their 1 Mb lvl2 cache, but someone mentioned that its on a lengthened pipeline (from 20 to 30 or something of the like)

How s the performance compared to the northwood, and AMDs 64s???

[nFury8]

Prescott's pipeline has been increased to 31 stages with the aim of more and more clock speed at the expense of IPC. By now its well-known that heat is its main problem, something approaching a nuclear meltdown.:) There are so many reviews on the web, just do a google and you'll be flooded with them, then judge for yourself. :cool:

[Solo]

I wouldn't touch one just yet. They still run VERY HOT. Apparently the new D1 stepping should run better/cooler. In some test the old Northwoods still do better. Best would be to wait for the proper Prescotts to arrive i.e. LGA 775 chips.