Jason Dunn
04-10-2007, 12:09 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.betanews.com/article/QuadCore_Chips_Intel_2_AMD_0/1176144665' target='_blank'>http://www.betanews.com/article/QuadCore_Chips_Intel_2_AMD_0/1176144665</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Intel on Monday debuted its fastest Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor yet, further distancing itself from rival AMD. The 2.93GHz QX6800 will be produced using the company's 65-nm process and carry a pricetag of $1,199 USD. The Santa Clara, Calif. chipmaker says the processor would be ideal for the next-generation of PC games, which are now beginning to take full advantage of what multicore and multithread processors offer...the QX6800 chip is some 65 percent faster in video encoding than the equivalent dual-core chip, Intel said."</i><br /><br />Monstrous - four full-blown cores firing at 2.93 Ghz? That's just plain tasty from a video encoding point of view, or working with large RAW photo files. <a href="http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q2/core2-qx6800/index.x?pg=1">Here's a review</a> for those of you interested...