Intel has now officially launched its Montevina platform which is set to make up the Centrino 2 architecture for high spec notebooks. Centrino branding has been a real hit for Intel, though with the new graphics subset scoring a ‘rip roaring’ 3DMark score of just 429, you will still want to make sure the words GeForce or Radeon are in your gaming notebook’s spec.
“In San Francisco on July 14, the Intel Montevina project morphed into the Intel® Centrino® 2 platform. Beyond jacking up performance and improving battery life, this beauty spread its wireless wings with the latest in Wireless-N (Draft-N) technology.”
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Despite holding a significant lead in the enthusiast market, Intel has actually lost a small portion of its market share to rival AMD in the first quarter of 2008. Statistics released by research firm iSuppli show that Intel lost 0.7% whilst AMD gained 2.2% of the market at the expense of its bigger rival and other smaller chip manufacturers. Between the two of them, the AMD and Intel control a massive 92.7% of the microprocessor market worldwide.

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MSI now has a full range of Intel P45 chipset motherboards available for sale, ranging from affordable mainstream solutions to the latest Crossfire-ready Platinum and Diamond series products designed for overclockers and enthusiasts. Whilst the P45 isn’t a huge upgrade over existing chipsets, if the pre-release samples we have looked at thus far are anything to go by, they should be capable of very high FSB clock speeds and run considerably cooler than previous offerings.
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