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Original Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/3272
I spent most of the past few days working on a mid-range CPU comparison, the idea is to compare CPUs on mainstream platforms at mainstream price points. Both AMD and Intel have extremely attractive offerings around the $100 price point and many of us are building cheap/quiet PCs these days, either for ourselves or others. The other thing I'm tackling is the current state of integrated graphics platforms for non-gaming use. I'm hoping to finish up the article this week while I'm at IDF, but it remains to be seen how much work I can sneak in between meetings and IDF coverage.
I'm normally far more excited on the first day of IDF, usually because I know there are some good disclosures coming our way, but it's really tough to top the past twelve or so months from Intel. The Core 2 IDF won't be upset for years to come I believe, and even the Penryn IDF gave us a great deal of technical information on Intel's forthcoming 45nm processors. While I'd love to get an in-depth look at Nehalem at this year's IDF I have a feeling it's just too early for that.
The first keynote of IDF is about to start so I'll cut this one short. Check back in a couple of hours for the start of our IDF coverage.