I was interested in the new Conroe and decided to find out more about it. I went through many different forums and eventually realized that a lot of people believe the test of Conroe vs. AMD was biased towards Intel because both the system and the benchmarks were set up by Intel that would optimize it (e.g. the Intel motherboard). The original test was done by Hexus.com.
I thought that maybe there is some truth to all this and perhaps no one would be able to tell definitively how well Conroe performs until the test is performed by an unbiased party. If you really think about it, all the examiners did was to push some buttons on a computer that was set up by Intel. Anyway, I just came across this website: http://sharikou.blogspot.com/2006/04/conroe-performance-claim-being-busted.html I really think that before anyone makes any statements about Conroe he/she should really take a look at these results, which shows that Conroe has large swings in performance in various area.
Additionally I read that Conroe might be the first chip that has been modified to work well with ONE operating system. This means that while Conroe might be great for Windows XP/Vista, it might not work as well for Mac Tiger and their upcoming Leopard (which seems to have exponentially increased software compatibility). What this means is that you might be forced to upgrade your PC every time a new OS comes out (whether Windows or Mac).
I thought that maybe there is some truth to all this and perhaps no one would be able to tell definitively how well Conroe performs until the test is performed by an unbiased party. If you really think about it, all the examiners did was to push some buttons on a computer that was set up by Intel. Anyway, I just came across this website: http://sharikou.blogspot.com/2006/04/conroe-performance-claim-being-busted.html I really think that before anyone makes any statements about Conroe he/she should really take a look at these results, which shows that Conroe has large swings in performance in various area.
Additionally I read that Conroe might be the first chip that has been modified to work well with ONE operating system. This means that while Conroe might be great for Windows XP/Vista, it might not work as well for Mac Tiger and their upcoming Leopard (which seems to have exponentially increased software compatibility). What this means is that you might be forced to upgrade your PC every time a new OS comes out (whether Windows or Mac).