New Core i7 975 should be out in June time, probably at Computex
this year, and we've already told you a few times that Core i7 975 works at
3.33GHz and has a 130W TDP.
With Intel's Turbo boost technology this CCP will be able to automatically overclock all the way to 3.6GHz. The big issue with automatic overclocking
is that, according to Intel, the CPU only overclocks one of the cores to the desired
speeds, and with this in mind, total performance of a CPU might not be greatly
improved as one of the four cores will get to 3.6GHz.
Currently the fastest Core i7 965, that works at 3.2GHz with
Turbo can get to 3.46GHz but overclockers proved that much higher speeds
are possible with all four Cores but Intel probably wants to play it safe with
its automatic overclocking. After all, Intel's Extreme Edition CPUs such as Core i 7 975 do come with an unlocked multiplier.
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Core i7 975 with Turbo gets to 3.6GHz
But only one core