my laptop "smokes" is it my cpu ?

    

Intel Launches Core 2 Extreme X7800
Techtree News Staff
Jul 16 2007
   
      
It can't get better than this for mobile gamers... Intel has reportedly announced it's gaming-oriented laptop processor, the Core 2 Extreme X7800.

Incidentally, the X7800 is the first laptop CPU under Intel's Extreme Edition.

The new dual-core chip clocks a 2.6GHz speed, and features 4MB L2 cache and an 800MHz front-side bus, among others.

The exciting part is that the chip is devoid of overspeed protection, meaning users and laptop makers so inclined can make it run the last mile (read: megacycle).

The Extreme X7800 is based on 65nm technology, and integrates power-saving features such as the dynamic front-side bus and the 'Enhanced Deep Sleep' mode. X7800 also features 'Advanced Media Boost' for better performance as regards video editing, music, and photography.

According to Intel, the Core 2 Extreme X7800 is capable of a 28 percent performance increase over previous generation dual-core processors like the Core Duo T2600.

Laptops built around the Extreme X7800 processor will appear on the US market in about two weeks' time though it is not clear when they will be available in the Asia-Pacific region.

The processor alone will come for around $851 (Rs 38,295 approx), as per Intel.

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Intel_Launches_Core_2_Extreme_X7800/551-82225-581.html

Very nice, although it makes me wonder how much the battery life will suffer.
Should give a nice boost to mobile gamers though.