Thursday, July 12th 2007
Core 2 Extreme X7800 appears
Intel has a new Extreme series chip, this time intended for notebooks. The X7800 runs at a clock speed of 2.6 GHz, with an 800 MHz FSB. The chip's multiplier is unlocked, and it can therefore be overclocked - Matbe achieved 3 GHz.
The ASUS G2S notebook, which was used by Matbe to test the new CPU, was configured as follows:
The ASUS G2S notebook, which was used by Matbe to test the new CPU, was configured as follows:
- Intel X7800
- Motherboard with Intel's 965PM chipset
- 2GB DDR2 667MHz memory
- GeForce Go 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3
- 200GB Toshiba 4,200rpm SATA HDD