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Look, I love this future stuff and all as much as any Engadget reader, but I think we can all agree that this is really overkill for just a card game.]]>Nov 2nd 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+version+10_5]]>Nov 2nd 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=317

Another review there.]]>Nov 2nd 2006 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=897&cid=1
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I wonder how much ram you'll need to fully utilize this proc. I'm also curious to how long will take before PC games actually support 4 cores?]]>Nov 2nd 2006 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/
I you'd probably get the same real world performance right now out of a core 2 duo @ 3.0Ghz as you would out of this new core 2 extreme @ 2.66Gz for alot less money.

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I want to build a machine around this chip. Anyone know what MB is a good choice?]]>Nov 2nd 2006 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/
Not entirely true. My high end rig is mainly for DVD creation from digital home video. As noted above a 76% increase in Pinnacle Studio is good enough for me. Righ now with my 3.2GHz P4, a 1 hour DVD take ~1-2 hours to render and burn. I would sure like to cut that in half!]]>Nov 2nd 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/]]>Nov 2nd 2006 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://computershopper.com/roundups/intel_core_2_extreme_qx6700_quadcore_four_cores_to_the_floor]]>Nov 2nd 2006 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Where quad-core's are going to come in handy:
1) When software becomes optimized to use it
2) When multitasking

I foresee the future of the computer in the home as being based around one central computer. One core could be more-or-less dedicated to watching a High-def DVD, two cores could be for watching a game (remotely) and the fourth core can pick up the slack where needed and also supply an additional computer or three for basic tasks such as the internet and word processing.

Simple audio and video compression programs will be coded to use four cores. In theory, one way to do this would be to split the code to be compressed into multiple parts and join those parts back together.

The biggest "need" for raw CPU power will come about when people wish to make compressed copies of their High Definition movies (i.e. H.x264 on a single-layer DVD-5) but we're not quite there yet.]]>Nov 3rd 2006 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 2nd 2006 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/
What these 4 core and more processors ARE for however is a great proof of concept. If 4 CPU cores can run on one package, so can 2 CPU cores, a GPU, and a PPU. Or 2 CPUs and 2 GPUs. All these multi-core desktop processors are doing is getting Intel and AMD some practice in placing more then one die on a package. ]]>Nov 3rd 2006 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/intels-quad-core-core-2-extreme-qx6700-processor-reviewed/Nov 5th 2006 6:42PM