Tuesday, April 7th 2009
Intel Makes New Processor Rating System and Logos Official
Intel made a new rating system for its client processors (desktop and notebook) official. The company also made new company logos for the various brands of processors official, which first surfaced in February. The new system involves segregating processors based on the performance indices they offer, measured by "stars", five stars being the top-tier of processors offering the ultimate technologies and performance, down to one stars with value and reliability. The grading system is best described by the company:
Each processor is assigned between one and five stars depending on a combination of features, including cores, GHz, cache, and other technologies. More stars indicate greater features and increased capabilities compared to other Intel processors.The list of processors segregated by the new rating system can be found here.
31 Comments on Intel Makes New Processor Rating System and Logos Official
Also, it would have looked better without the mixture of blocky colors (I assume that represents the motherboard architecture or something). And wait, what's this Pentium logo for? lol
I do, however, think that the star system is lame.
I think they should have one star per Hz.
OMG ... 3 Billion Stars!! :roll:
Still have to squint to see the difference between the Core-2 and Core-i7. I don't mind the look of the logo's but that's inexcusable. :shadedshu
People are going to associate this 'star' rating system with the same 5-star system they use for restaurants, hotels, and everything else that's given a 'star' rating.
The impression will inevitably be: Anything less than 3-stars is crap and a waste of money.
When those processors are just fine for people on a budget, or who are just looking for a basic, no-nonsense PC. This will just encourage people to spend more on processing power they'll never use.
In fact, I don't understand it. From the perspective of the consumer, they don't know what the hell a Q9000 or E8000 is, they just understand the Core 2 name.
Extreme 'i7' and '2': Black on dark grey?
Centrino '2': Light grey on white?
Where will you see the stars? Not on the new logo? On the box? Above the sky?
I guess those start are not permanent for a processor. I a new and faster one enter the market, the other will loose one?
Evolution: Even it is good, it must change and even it will become worst than before... :(
I am must not be very powerfull, I have only one star below my name!!! :laugh:
I don't really like the rating system. It looks like when they release their new procs, everything will be moved down a star.
And screw you intel, giving my E5200 2 stars!! :mad:
This thing OC's like mad, and I havn't even been trying yet! At 4.1 GHz its almost as good as a ~3.8 - 3.9 GHz E8x00 series!
Me --> :nutkick: <-- Intel
The logos are ugly, I like my simple "Pentium Dual-Core Inside" sticker, thank you very much. :rolleyes:
I know they have to come up with something to make the budget offerings look like a reasonable option, but I would have picked something a little different.
And what happened to the E6000 series?
And I find "i7" and "2" hard to read.
Useful to people who know anything about cpus: no
Guaranteed to convince somone who doesn't research to overspend on a cpu: yes
:laugh: