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Pentium 4: New chip, old problems
News With the Pentium 4, Intel has made the biggest update to its IA-32 processor line in many years. Old-style x86 instructions aren't that easy to pipeline, but the pipeline never touches them: by the time they get there, they've been translated into...
[November 20, 2000, 6:12]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: application performance review
Reviews With business applications such as Word, Excel, Notes and WinZip, which are all components of Business Winstone 2001, Intel’s new flagship 2533MHz Pentium 4 closes the gap on the Athlon XP/2100+. Even an Athlon XP/2000+ with DDR memory is faster...
[May 16, 2002, 16:35]
Pentium 4 set for Halloween launch
News Intel may have a Halloween treat for tech trick-or-treaters -- the launch of the Pentium 4 processor for desktop PCs. But sources said that neither PC maker plans to offer the Pentium 4 in corporate PC lines right away.
[September 25, 2000, 7:54]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: encoding performance review
Reviews The MP3 encoder MusicMatch Jukebox has been optimised in version 7.0 for Intel’s Pentium 4, allowing the new 2,533MHz Pentium 4 to just beat the Athlon XP/2100+. With a 46.5 percent performance difference between the Pentium 4/2533 (fastest) and...
[May 16, 2002, 16:36]
Pentium 4: More speed in the pipeline
News Intel will increase the speed of the chipset on the Pentium 4 in the coming months, a change likely to boost the performance of top-end PCs. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker is coming out with a new chipset, code-named Springdale, for...
[January 13, 2003, 8:11]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: rendering performance review
Reviews Despite a new version 2.46 of 3D Studio Max that contains optimisations for the Pentium 4, rendering of simple 3D objects (Kinetix-logo) does not go faster with the new Pentium 4/2533 than with an Athlon XP/2100+.
[May 16, 2002, 16:37]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: Internet performance review
Reviews An Athlon XP/2000+ is already as fast as the Pentium 4/2533. With a performance difference of 43.5 percent between the fastest (Athlon/XP2100+) and slowest (Pentium 4/2000) processors, a CPU upgrade is particularly noticeable.
[May 16, 2002, 16:38]
Pentium 4 launches Monday
News Intel officials have confirmed the Pentium 4 will be released Monday and outlined plans to move the Pentium 4 into the mainstream PC market as rapidly as possible. While the Pentium 4 will begin its life at the very high end of the desktop PC...
[November 15, 2000, 7:58]
Intel: Pentium 4 to clock up 1.8GHz
News Intel will celebrate the Fourth of July, America's Independence Day, with the launch of faster Pentium 4 chips, but don't expect fireworks or a major bump in lagging Pentium 4 sales. The chipmaker will release 1.8GHz and 1.6GHz Pentium 4 processors...
[June 19, 2001, 8:46]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: conclusion review
Reviews Intel’s new 2,533MHz Pentium 4 with a 533MHz frontside bus is, barring a few exceptions, the fastest available processor for PC systems. Software manufacturers are likely to create ever more optimisations for the Pentium 4.
[May 16, 2002, 16:40]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: How we tested review
Reviews Intel’s new Pentium 4 processors work with chipsets that support the 533MHz frontside bus. Intel’s new 850E chipset, which supports a 533MHz frontside bus, accompanies the new 2.53, 2.4 and 2.26GHz Pentium 4 processors.
[May 16, 2002, 16:34]
Pentium 4 v Athlon XP: gaming performance review
Reviews When it comes to 3D games, Intel’s Pentium 4 delivers the best results. The fastest Athlon processor (Athlon XP/2100+) give way to the Pentium 4/ 2400 and P4/2533 on MadOnion’s 3DMark 2001 SE. The Vulpine test also fails to bring out any...
[May 16, 2002, 16:39]
Pentium 4 delay gives AMD top spot
News Intel won't release another version of the Pentium 4 until early 2002, sources say, in a move that will likely put the performance crown back on AMD's head -- at least for a short time. Northwood," a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 based on the 130-nanometer...
[October 12, 2001, 16:52]
Pentium 4-M chills out in notebooks
News Intel has launched its hotly anticipated mobile Pentium 4 processors, having stepped up the launch schedule amidst pressure from PC makers eager to update their laptop computer offerings. The Pentium 4-M processor is the first time the Pentium 4...
[March 4, 2002, 13:03]
Pentium 4 chip takes lead in desktop speed
News Intel on Monday will release a Pentium 4 running at 3.2GHz and will separately discuss a new version of its upcoming Madison chip optimized for dual-processor servers and workstations. The 3.2GHz Pentium 4 is likely to be the fastest desktop chip...
[June 23, 2003, 7:37]
Pentium 4: Too hot to handle?
News When Intel's Pentium 4 comes to notebooks next year, consumers will discover a boost in computing power -- and possibly an extra fan. The new mobile Pentium 4 chip, which sources familiar with Intel's plans say will launch in late March or early...
[December 13, 2001, 9:29]
Pentium 4 PC prices plunge
News The low-priced Pentium 4 desktop has arrived. As expected, PC makers on Monday launched a bevy of new computers that combine Pentium 4 processors with standard memory. Gateway also launched the Performance 1500 CS, a new line of Pentium 4/SDRAM PCs...
[September 11, 2001, 9:02]
Pentium 4 may miss sales targets
News Pentium 4 will not hit Intel's sales targets for 2001 because of its reliance on Rambus memory, according to a leading industry analyst. He said Intel had sold about 800,000 Pentium 4 units in the first quarter of 2001, according to a Blooomberg...
[June 19, 2001, 12:25]
IDF: Pentium 4 fails to light a spark
News Despite Intel putting its marketing muscle behind the new 2GHz Pentium 4 processor, launched on Monday, computer manufacturers and buyers are unlikely to be in any special hurry to place orders, say industry experts at the Intel Developer Forum.
[August 28, 2001, 9:46]
Pentium 4: Worth the price?
News Intel, which revealed a host of new details about its Pentium 4 processor this week at the Intel Developer Forum, is betting the chip will become the most desirable engine for high-horsepower PCs. But for analysts attending the conference, the big...
[August 25, 2000, 9:00]
