Core 2 Extreme QX6850: Intel Refines the High-end Processor @ Extremetech
 

*Review: Extremetech (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...58619,00.asp)*
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Ever since launching its Core 2 microprocessors in July, 2006, the Santa Clara company has maintained a steady pace, with new Core 2 introductions occurring every few months. The quad-core QX6700 launched last November. Meanwhile, price drops have occurred on a regular basis as well.

Today, Intel is announcing a new set of CPU products aimed at supporting the emerging generation of DDR3 memory. With one exception, the new CPUs support a 1333MHz front-side bus (the native FSB clock is 333MHz). But DDR3 DRAM is ridiculously expensive now, so most of these new CPUs will go into motherboards supporting DDR2.

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