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dbarrow
09-27-2006, 02:46 PM
http://www.betanews.com/article/Intel_Announces_QuadCore_Processor/1159306998

By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
September 26, 2006, 5:48 PM

...Suddenly, Intel's top-of-the-line models exhibited 33 percent better performance than their previous models, by independent analysis, and 27.5 percent better performance than AMD's top-of-the-line Athlon 64 FX-62.

But today, Otellini made an extremely bold claim, which, if disproven by hardware analysts, could put a damper on what would otherwise be considered solid performance gains. He claimed the new Core 2 Extreme quad-core, likely to be given the model number QX6700, will exhibit 70 percent better performance than the company's current X6800. ...

*The price! What is the price?
No word yet on price structure and supporting chipset mobos.
Better start planning the new build for next fall.