The X6800: A Look Back at Intel's Extreme CPU
A lot more powerful than any 2006 PC but will allow our CPU to achieve its maximum potential being a next serious chip it would have been destined for overclocking so I've upped mine to three point four gigahertz the highest I could get it on air so if you've got to add one of these to your collection what can you expect from it.
Starting with some CPU benchmarks first and the X 6800 scored one five nine in Cinebench r15 a score that means it will perform similar to a stock speed east 7000-series core2duo you can see why it really isn't worth buying at its current used price for your main gaming rig. In Geekbench for the X 6800 at three point four gigahertz called 27:43 in the multi-core test and 1586 in the single core test again this means that this CPU wouldn't perform too differently so any 7000 series or e 8000 series Core 2 Duo running through my usual 30 second 1080p 60fps render test and the X 6800 completed the round in 42 seconds not extremely slow and editing felt ok though it may get frustrating after a while as you wait for the video preview to load properly before playing.
For general use though even in Windows 10 everything will work smoothly with webpages and HD video running flawlessly so can it game well I started off with some older titles that should be no problem for such a chip Crysis first as it came out just a year after this CPU and is still a challenge to run smoothly even to this day with modern hardware. The Core 2 Duo kept up just fine here in the game run at 60 frames per second on average with a few micro stutters here and there graphically the high preset was used and overall the Core 2 Duo held its own while staying pretty cool too at 52 degrees the maximum for this chip as stated by Intel is 60 point for the Elder Scrolls oblivion is another game that released closely to this CPU and a game that was considered quite intensive for certain hardware at the time keep your eye on the CPU usage in the top left corner to see how it holds up with our modern-day mid-range graphics card although at no point was our CPU reaching 100% usage in holding back our GPU the graphics card itself is barely being utilized which isn't unexpected when using something like the 1060 but what about modern games.
Cannot overclock tech 6800 handle some of the most popular games out right now I started off with The Witcher 3 at the lowest settings in and around novigrad where you'll undoubtedly spend a lot of in-game time we averaged 28 frames per second and it was a very choppy experience to the point of unplayable there also a few graphical glitches with shadows and textures and even a lower resolution couldn't make up for the problems with the rise of the Tomb Raider I decided to play the game instead of running the benchmark as I felt it will give you a more realistic idea of what to expect despite the pretty decent average figure the percentile point 1 percent and 1 percent lows meant that the game didn't run very well across the mountain peak and wilderness level pub G has seen a few performance patches over the last few months and it seems that it's definitely helped improve things but playing this game on a Core 2 Duo isn't a suitable experience at all I don't ever remember a Core 2 Duo performing this bad with this game so I'll be looking into this a little more in the future but even at 720p the framerate tanked.
Finally I tested fallout 4 which even at the lower resolution didn't run very smoothly and 1080p was not an option the game struggled to get anywhere near 30 FPS even at the low preset so it seems Intel's once extreme offering fall short by modern standards which wasn't totally unexpected considering even the best core 2 duo struggle these days the chip just like intel's other x-series offerings will always be special to me even if they aren't very good anymore because of what they once were absolute power houses for dedicated enthusiasts and it's still cool to have something like this in your collection but I really wouldn't go out and pay 40 pounds for it for any other reason especially when a later Core 2 Duo CPU will outperform it and they cost just a few bucks.
Thank you very much for watching I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the X 6800 a CPU I hadn't actually heard of until about last week if you enjoyed this video be sure to leave a like on it if you didn't leave a dislike on it subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already thank you and hopefully I'll see all of you in the next one
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now when we think of intel's extreme processor series the core two quads often popped to mind but during a release of their 600 series cpus in 2006 intel released the core 2 extreme x 6800 a dual-core processor that was designed to be the top-of-the-line chip coming in at a price of $1000 intended of course towards enthusiasts what we have here is the Zeus p5n sli motherboard now this board supports pretty much every single socket 775 CPU ever made by Intel so what I thought we'd do would be to stick an X 6800 in here along with eight gigabytes of RAM and my three gigabyte 1060 and see just how well it performs in 2000 and almost SEP 17 then in 2018 so let's get into it talk about the chip and see what it can do when compared to some of intel's other cheaper offerings so the X 6800 is a 2 core processor clocked at 2.9 3 gigahertz being an Extreme Edition chip it still sells for about 40 pounds on aliexpress who ship worldwide so the price will be the equivalent in your chosen respective currency I think we can all agree that that seems too much but it was the best CPU on the market as of July 2006 though for 800 pounds or $1000 it made no sense for anyone but enthusiasts the buy one especially as the east' 6700 was half the price and only slightly weak in performance that can now be found for well quite a bit less and most Core 2 duos will struggle with the latest games but if like me the law of the X 68 hundreds former fastest chip of all time title still makes you want one and we should definitely move on to the benchmarks the rest of the test system is a lot more powerful than any 2006 PC but will allow our CPU to achieve its maximum potential being a next serious chip it would have been destined for overclocking so I've upped mine to three point four gigahertz the highest I could get it on air so if you've got to add one of these to your collection what can you expect from it starting with some CPU benchmarks first and the X 6800 scored one five nine in Cinebench r15 a score that means it will perform similar to a stock speed east 7000-series core2duo you can see why it really isn't worth buying at its current used price for your main gaming rig in Geekbench for the X 6800 at three point four gigahertz called 27:43 in the multi-core test and 1586 in the single core test again this means that this CPU wouldn't perform too differently so any 7000 series or e 8000 series Core 2 Duo running through my usual 30 second 1080p 60fps render test and the X 6800 completed the round in 42 seconds not extremely slow and editing felt ok though it may get frustrating after a while as you wait for the video preview to load properly before playing for general use though even in Windows 10 everything will work smoothly with webpages and HD video running flawlessly so can it game well I started off with some older titles that should be no problem for such a chip Crysis first as it came out just a year after this CPU and is still a challenge to run smoothly even to this day with modern hardware the Core 2 Duo kept up just fine here in the game run at 60 frames per second on average with a few micro stutters here and there graphically the high preset was used and overall the Core 2 Duo held its own while staying pretty cool too at 52 degrees the maximum for this chip as stated by Intel is 60 point for the Elder Scrolls oblivion is another game that released closely to this CPU and a game that was considered quite intensive for certain hardware at the time keep your eye on the CPU usage in the top left corner to see how it holds up with our modern-day mid-range graphics card although at no point was our CPU reaching 100% usage in holding back our GPU the graphics card itself is barely being utilized which isn't unexpected when using something like the 1060 but what about modern games cannot overclock tech 6800 handle some of the most popular games out right now I started off with The Witcher 3 at the lowest settings in and around novigrad where you'll undoubtedly spend a lot of in-game time we averaged 28 frames per second and it was a very choppy experience to the point of unplayable there also a few graphical glitches with shadows and textures and even a lower resolution couldn't make up for the problems with the rise of the Tomb Raider I decided to play the game instead of running the benchmark as I felt it will give you a more realistic idea of what to expect despite the pretty decent average figure the percentile point 1 percent and 1 percent lows meant that the game didn't run very well across the mountain peak and wilderness level pub G has seen a few performance patches over the last few months and it seems that it's definitely helped improve things but playing this game on a Core 2 Duo isn't a suitable experience at all I don't ever remember a Core 2 Duo performing this bad with this game so I'll be looking into this a little more in the future but even at 720p the framerate tanked finally I tested fallout 4 which even at the lower resolution didn't run very smoothly and 1080p was not an option the game struggled to get anywhere near 30 FPS even at the low preset so it seems Intel's once extreme offering fall short by modern standards which wasn't totally unexpected considering even the best core 2 duo struggle these days the chip just like intel's other x-series offerings will always be special to me even if they aren't very good anymore because of what they once were absolute power houses for dedicated enthusiasts and it's still cool to have something like this in your collection but I really wouldn't go out and pay 40 pounds for it for any other reason especially when a later Core 2 Duo CPU will outperform it and they cost just a few bucks so guys thank you very much for watching I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the X 6800 a CPU I hadn't actually heard of until about last week if you enjoyed this video be sure to leave a like on it if you didn't leave a dislike on it subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already thank you and hopefully I'll see all of you in the next onehello everyone and welcome to another video now when we think of intel's extreme processor series the core two quads often popped to mind but during a release of their 600 series cpus in 2006 intel released the core 2 extreme x 6800 a dual-core processor that was designed to be the top-of-the-line chip coming in at a price of $1000 intended of course towards enthusiasts what we have here is the Zeus p5n sli motherboard now this board supports pretty much every single socket 775 CPU ever made by Intel so what I thought we'd do would be to stick an X 6800 in here along with eight gigabytes of RAM and my three gigabyte 1060 and see just how well it performs in 2000 and almost SEP 17 then in 2018 so let's get into it talk about the chip and see what it can do when compared to some of intel's other cheaper offerings so the X 6800 is a 2 core processor clocked at 2.9 3 gigahertz being an Extreme Edition chip it still sells for about 40 pounds on aliexpress who ship worldwide so the price will be the equivalent in your chosen respective currency I think we can all agree that that seems too much but it was the best CPU on the market as of July 2006 though for 800 pounds or $1000 it made no sense for anyone but enthusiasts the buy one especially as the east' 6700 was half the price and only slightly weak in performance that can now be found for well quite a bit less and most Core 2 duos will struggle with the latest games but if like me the law of the X 68 hundreds former fastest chip of all time title still makes you want one and we should definitely move on to the benchmarks the rest of the test system is a lot more powerful than any 2006 PC but will allow our CPU to achieve its maximum potential being a next serious chip it would have been destined for overclocking so I've upped mine to three point four gigahertz the highest I could get it on air so if you've got to add one of these to your collection what can you expect from it starting with some CPU benchmarks first and the X 6800 scored one five nine in Cinebench r15 a score that means it will perform similar to a stock speed east 7000-series core2duo you can see why it really isn't worth buying at its current used price for your main gaming rig in Geekbench for the X 6800 at three point four gigahertz called 27:43 in the multi-core test and 1586 in the single core test again this means that this CPU wouldn't perform too differently so any 7000 series or e 8000 series Core 2 Duo running through my usual 30 second 1080p 60fps render test and the X 6800 completed the round in 42 seconds not extremely slow and editing felt ok though it may get frustrating after a while as you wait for the video preview to load properly before playing for general use though even in Windows 10 everything will work smoothly with webpages and HD video running flawlessly so can it game well I started off with some older titles that should be no problem for such a chip Crysis first as it came out just a year after this CPU and is still a challenge to run smoothly even to this day with modern hardware the Core 2 Duo kept up just fine here in the game run at 60 frames per second on average with a few micro stutters here and there graphically the high preset was used and overall the Core 2 Duo held its own while staying pretty cool too at 52 degrees the maximum for this chip as stated by Intel is 60 point for the Elder Scrolls oblivion is another game that released closely to this CPU and a game that was considered quite intensive for certain hardware at the time keep your eye on the CPU usage in the top left corner to see how it holds up with our modern-day mid-range graphics card although at no point was our CPU reaching 100% usage in holding back our GPU the graphics card itself is barely being utilized which isn't unexpected when using something like the 1060 but what about modern games cannot overclock tech 6800 handle some of the most popular games out right now I started off with The Witcher 3 at the lowest settings in and around novigrad where you'll undoubtedly spend a lot of in-game time we averaged 28 frames per second and it was a very choppy experience to the point of unplayable there also a few graphical glitches with shadows and textures and even a lower resolution couldn't make up for the problems with the rise of the Tomb Raider I decided to play the game instead of running the benchmark as I felt it will give you a more realistic idea of what to expect despite the pretty decent average figure the percentile point 1 percent and 1 percent lows meant that the game didn't run very well across the mountain peak and wilderness level pub G has seen a few performance patches over the last few months and it seems that it's definitely helped improve things but playing this game on a Core 2 Duo isn't a suitable experience at all I don't ever remember a Core 2 Duo performing this bad with this game so I'll be looking into this a little more in the future but even at 720p the framerate tanked finally I tested fallout 4 which even at the lower resolution didn't run very smoothly and 1080p was not an option the game struggled to get anywhere near 30 FPS even at the low preset so it seems Intel's once extreme offering fall short by modern standards which wasn't totally unexpected considering even the best core 2 duo struggle these days the chip just like intel's other x-series offerings will always be special to me even if they aren't very good anymore because of what they once were absolute power houses for dedicated enthusiasts and it's still cool to have something like this in your collection but I really wouldn't go out and pay 40 pounds for it for any other reason especially when a later Core 2 Duo CPU will outperform it and they cost just a few bucks so guys thank you very much for watching I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the X 6800 a CPU I hadn't actually heard of until about last week if you enjoyed this video be sure to leave a like on it if you didn't leave a dislike on it subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already thank you and hopefully I'll see all of you in the next one\n"
