intel Q6600 G0 stepping

[kckyle]

after doing some research i conclude this is the G0 stepping version of the Q6600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018&Tpk=HH80562PH0568M

[anasasisxenophontis]

It could be anything...but there are less B3s out now since they are older, so chances are good you'll get a G0.

[kckyle]

but im getting my q6600 from u anyway so it dosent matte to me :)

[anasasisxenophontis]

If Intel would get off their jolly fat asses and release the Q9450!

[kckyle]

or you might loose ur patient and buy the alrdy released yorkfield :)

[anasasisxenophontis]

I'm not saying it isn't possible...but I'm more into the low-end processors where I can OC. Kinda gives you a rush like, 'am I going to get Intel Extreme speeds out of this...?'

[kckyle]

but imagine what you can get out of an extreme.

[anasasisxenophontis]

I hear 4.0GHz is possible on air. That's a feat, huh? It would probably get me close to 30k on 3DMark06...

Something tells me you just want this CPU ahead of schedule though.

[kckyle]

:)

[Dad]

Someone linked me to a site yesterday that explained stepping 'cause I didn't know what a B2 was. Does the fact the there is a G0 step also imply that there are or were C0, D0, E1,2,3, etc, and F0? If so, were these simply developmental stages or expirimental models, or would some of them have been commercial processors and out thewre in machines?

Thanks! ~Dad

[anasasisxenophontis]

There has only been B3 and G0 on the market. However, behind closed doors, nobody really knows what happens. Other steppings were most likely chips in development that did not make it, as you said. The letters and numbers have something to do with batches of processors. For example, they'll keep "revising" a chip until they get one that works the way they want it to, effectively coining the term of chip "revision". That will usually be the letter furthest in the alphabet, in this case G.
There are processors other than B3 and G0 Q6600s that may have made it into the hands of consumers, but they are known as engineering samples. Intel doesn't sell them, but sends them to companies who will test them just to get some sort of review out on the market to bring up the hype. Typical marketing scheme. The cool thing is they have unlocked multipliers, which would classify them as an Extreme series Intel chip. They're pretty hard to find though.