http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
Hypocrite.
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As for the actual article, this just seems like a way to get more people to drop money on high-end processors.
It'll probably work, too.]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/The E5200 does not easily beat the E8400 overclocked, since there are a lot of programs which really need the cache. Some programs will run similarly fast on the E5200 but there's also the programs that just don't run well unless they have enough cache.

And the E8400 can be overclocked anyway. The star ratings seem pretty accurate to me when you take into account all types of applications and games and not just cherry pick the ones that run well without cache. ]]>Apr 10th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Photoshop-CS-3,826.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/iTunes,827.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Acrobat-9-Professional,825.html

An overclocked E8400 can thus actually be faster than even the stock i7 flagship in these apps, so the E8x00 series deserves it's 4 star rating.

The i7's dominate them in gaming though, but for everything else the E8x00 flys.]]>Apr 10th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
BTW...I also got a 4-star rated processor in my notebook :)]]>Apr 10th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 11th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 13th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
I am not usually this stupid, but all of the different processors were always confusing me..

Now we need a rating system for the video cards..]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
Unless BestBuy isn't classified as a store anymore.]]>Apr 10th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
and yes.. it is completely necessary!]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
the second it comes out I'm ordering ]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/In all honestly I could care less, I was just having a little fun in the moment.
I'm actually a big fan of AMD and have no use at the moment for a quad core processor except to feel immense pride in all the cash I blew.. But I am actually waiting for osx 10.6 before I purchase a new you know what.. thank you for putting me in my place by low ranking my comments.. I wouldn't have it any other way.]]>Apr 10th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
{Bring back the Intel Bunnymen - at least they had pizzaz} ]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
Seems to work just fine for mega giga and terabytes.]]>Apr 10th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/
All _our_ processors are five star.
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For example, a core i7 with on 512 MB of RAM and a 4800 rpm HDD with Windows Vista is not going to perform at 5 stars.

It should be the OS vendors who come out with the star ratings, for example Microsoft could say/certify that a system with core i7 and 4 GB ram or whatever can be a 5 star computer.
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But only a little.]]>Apr 10th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/10/intel-applies-stars-ratings-to-processors-processors-lose-sel/Apr 10th 2009 3:59PM