: Recent NVIDIA drivers no longer require the POPCNT CPU instruction, this means old CPUs such as the Intel Core 2 Duo will ...

Intel said the quad-core Xeons are priced at $455, $690 and $851, comparable with its dual-core processors. The Core 2 Extreme quad-core, in a 130-watt package, costs $999. With the new chips ...

(see Intel microarchitectures ... Core 2 chips became available in single, dual and quad core models. See Core 2. In early 2006, and based on the existing Pentium M (mobile) architecture ...

The boost stemmed from customer requests for a faster quad-core server chipset. The 5300 series was Intel's first crack at Xeon quad-core chips. The product line, which will get a refresh later ...