Intel intros quad core 2.93GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6800

Intel's been on a tear when it comes to announcing new products lately, and while the upcoming McCaslin UMPC platform and new Core 2 Duo ULV CPUs will appeal mostly to road warriors, the 2.93GHz QX6800 Core 2 Extreme quad core beast is targeted squarely at power users. As with the step up from the dual core E6700 to E6800, though, you're paying more than double the price ($999 $1,200 versus $530) when moving from the Q6700 to QX6800, but getting less than a 300MHz bump in speed. Our advice? Leave this new chip for the boutique gaming manufacturers, and put the extra money towards a motherboard that'll let you overclock a less expensive model hassle-free.

[The Schizo @ Apr 9th 2007 9:44AM]

I've been an AMD fanboy for years, but Intel is showing it's prowess right now. If only I had the funds, I would build up a beast of a machine with one of these bad boys and begin crunching a 200GB rainbow table...

Alas, I must pay taxes.

[charlie @ Apr 9th 2007 9:52AM]

when is this coming out?

[Long Zheng @ Apr 9th 2007 10:37AM]

The price is $1,199 (for the 1066MHz bus and 8MB cache), not $999.

[Richard @ Apr 9th 2007 10:56AM]

I hope Commodore carries this when their store opens. I'd buy it.

[Andrew @ Apr 9th 2007 11:27AM]

Oh man that thing is beautiful. I want one. One of those can smoke 2 FX-74s in a 4x4 rig. Take that, AMDroids!

[way2trivial @ Apr 9th 2007 4:46PM]

300mhz, time 4 cores.. 1.2ghz in additional processing.....

[digitpedia @ Apr 9th 2007 5:47PM]

you can check the links that engadget editor gave you.

[PEZ @ Apr 9th 2007 7:13PM]

Didnt INTEL change their moniker to LEAP AHEAD or something as equally stupid? I liked the Intel Inside better, anyway.

[PEZ @ Apr 9th 2007 7:26PM]

You cannot just multiply numbers in CPU pprocessing power to get a quotient in MHz. Thats not how it works. Also, its 2.9GHz, not 300 MHz. Dopey!

[E71 @ Apr 9th 2007 8:56PM]

Sure that name's not long enough? Maybe we can affix ULTRA or something to it.