As so often is the start of a new CPU generation may still be small, unimportant errors exist or various things that can be improved. While releasing so for programs and games for some time to download patches missed getting a new processor stepping.
Since the meantime published Core i3-550, Core and Core i5 i3-560-680 processors, already the K0 Stepping used instead of the C2 stepping, you can now follow suit, the first Clarkdale CPUs.
All three 32 nanometer processors that get so little changes and improvements that should be barely noticeable to the customer, however. Possibilities include better overclocking, but that remains to be seen.
This is so for the 2.93 GHz strong i3-530, the 3.06GHz strong i3-540 and the 3.2 GHz strong i5-650:
- New S-Spec and MM numbers
- New Extended CPUID (0x00020655)
- New Host revid (0x18)
- Support for processor Context ID (PCID)
However, these new CPUs require BIOS update every one to work on current motherboards. The first chips will be from 16 K0 October delivered, they should then spread gradually in the trade.
Since the meantime published Core i3-550, Core and Core i5 i3-560-680 processors, already the K0 Stepping used instead of the C2 stepping, you can now follow suit, the first Clarkdale CPUs.
All three 32 nanometer processors that get so little changes and improvements that should be barely noticeable to the customer, however. Possibilities include better overclocking, but that remains to be seen.
This is so for the 2.93 GHz strong i3-530, the 3.06GHz strong i3-540 and the 3.2 GHz strong i5-650:
- New S-Spec and MM numbers
- New Extended CPUID (0x00020655)
- New Host revid (0x18)
- Support for processor Context ID (PCID)
However, these new CPUs require BIOS update every one to work on current motherboards. The first chips will be from 16 K0 October delivered, they should then spread gradually in the trade.