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Intel Core 2 Updates, QX6850 and E6750

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the reminds-me-of-a-daft-punk-song dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As AMD's Barcelona approaches, the price war between AMD and Intel continues. To spice things up a bit this week, Intel is throwing into the ring a number of new processors, refreshing the Core2 line-up. HEXUS reviews the high-end QX6850 and mid-range E6750: 'Now is a golden time for anyone looking to buy a new CPU, whether Intel or AMD. The latest round of price cuts means you can now get an incredible level of processing performance for little more than £100. But if your need to buy is not urgent, remember that Intel and its big rival are each promising new processors before the end of the year — AMD with K10 quad-core and Intel with 45nm Penryn-derived CPUs.'"

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  1. Another review and benchmarks by mikemuch · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2158619 ,00.asp

  2. QX6850 costs $999USD by Organic+User · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just in case anyone is interested in buying a new QX6850 which features 3Ghz 8mb cache quad core processor with 1,333MHz FSB. It is going to cost you $999.

  3. More Details, Analysis Here, HH Review by MojoKid · · Score: 5, Informative

    HotHardware also has a full review up right here. They were able to take the new quad-core up to over 3.7GHz and show power consumption numbers for all the high end chips as well.

  4. Re:Unasked, unanswered question by bernywork · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes and no,

    Some of the bugs will be fixed, others won't. Every CPU has bugs, it's just a fact of life. These things are designed by humans, it's just going to happen. CPU errata happens with Intel (This is the Core2 link) and AMD. None of this is a major threat to most users, and they get worked around by most people pretty quickly. Microsoft have released fixes for the Core2 issue, as have Apple. I don't know whether there has been an update to the kernel for these yet, but I am sure they would get back ported by your distribution.

    There is a note here and here regarding the Core 2 bugs, I think one of these might have even become a slashdot article at one point. The two links here both are referring to Linus' comment of it being "Totally insignificant", which given that he worked for Transmeta and knows a lot more about how the industry works, I would be putting a bit of faith in his statement.

    As another poster said, keep up to date on your BIOS revs, as CPU microcode does have fixes for this stuff too.

    Berny

    --
    Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat. -- Author unknown
  5. Re:Price cuts by Emetophobe · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's a planned price cut for Intel on July 22nd. http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=4976

    Q6600 2.4 1066 $530 $266
    E6850 3.0 1333 - $266
    E6750 2.66 1333 - $183
    E6550 2.33 1333 - $163
    E6540 2.33 1333 - $163

    The quad core (Q6600) is getting a ~50% price cut.