Monday, April 9th 2007

Intel Launches Core 2 Extreme QX6800

Intel today bumped the clock speeds of its quad-core Core 2 Extreme processors with the addition of the QX6800. The new Core 2 Extreme QX6800 clocks in at 2.93 GHz, matching last summer's dual-core flagship X6800. Intel's new Core 2 Extreme QX6800 features 8MB of total L2 cache and an unlocked upper multiplier for overclocking goodness. As with the previous Core 2 Extreme QX6700 and Core 2 Quad Q6600, the new QX6800 shares the 65nm Kentsfield core. Intel prices the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 at $1199, however, aggressive Q3'07 price cuts will drop the QX6800 down to $999.
Source: DailyTech
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17 Comments on Intel Launches Core 2 Extreme QX6800

#1
demonbrawn
... *demonbrawn sighs at his meager 512MB L2 cache*
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#2
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
its got 2MB L2 cache. I Was looking to seeing 3MB or more.
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#3
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
demonbrawn... *demonbrawn sighs at his meager 512MB L2 cache*
512MB! you got a great CPU there ;)
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#4
demonbrawn
Oh you know, I'm always wanting more than I have. It's a PC builder's curse I guess...
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#5
15th Warlock
What are you ppl talking about?

It's got 4MBx2 of cache = 8MBs total cache :p
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#6
kureng
maybe WarEagle wanting a lot more than 2MB L2 cache PER CORE! but i think the total 8MB L2 cache is enough for todays computing...
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#7
kwchang007
they ship these with the stock intel hsf right? cause that has to be alot of heat it's putting out and i don't think the stock hsf is enough to handle that much heat.
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#8
yogurt_21
well if its going to drop to 1000$ it's totally worth it lol. not like most people couldn't build a whole rig for that or nothing.:ohwell:
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#9
FAXA
Who really needs that level of performance though?>?
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#10
kwchang007
FAXAWho really needs that level of performance though?>?
anyone who wants to drop in 2 overclocked 8800 gtx's in sli....when they have multithearded games :)
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#11
Wile E
Power User
FAXAWho really needs that level of performance though?>?
Software video rendering and encoding.
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#12
hat
Enthusiast
Probably the same people that use these.
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#13
Kreij
Senior Monkey Moderator
FAXAWho really needs that level of performance though?>?
I don't mean to sound condescending, but this is TPU. When did "need" ever become part of the "why" you bought something ?

There are still a lot of people who could run their daily apps on a 486-DX266.

Smokin' !!

Just my ramblings....
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#14
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
FAXAWho really needs that level of performance though?>?
Why thats easy - people who want to play supreme commander with 8,000 units on-screen :P

(with 2,000, it lags the hell out of my conroe - and thats just a mid-sized skirmish)
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#15
kwchang007
MusselsWhy thats easy - people who want to play supreme commander with 8,000 units on-screen :P

(with 2,000, it lags the hell out of my conroe - and thats just a mid-sized skirmish)
it really pushes your cpu that hard? an e6600 at 3.4 ghz isn't fast enough to keep up with that many units? oh and is supreme commander multi threaded?
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#16
Wile E
Power User
Yep, SupCom is multi threaded. Able to use up to 4 cores.
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#17
kwchang007
Wile EYep, SupCom is multi threaded. Able to use up to 4 cores.
that's sweet. i heard it's not that bad of game to.
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