Today marks 20 years since the first raft of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, codename Conroe, was launched. Ten Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Extreme processors were unveiled for consumer and business desktop and laptop PCs and workstations on July 27, 2006. We were lucky enough to test Intel’s now legendary new desktop processors earlier in the month, and our reviewer anointed the Core 2 Duo “the new king.” Our early hands-on review underlined that “as soon as Core 2 Duo hits the market, it will outperform the complete Athlon 64 family (X2 and FX) in all areas, including gaming, where AMD has traditionally been very strong.”
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The four mainstream and one high-end desktop Core 2 Duo processors that launched on July 27, 2006
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