The Fastest Processor You Can't Run

auld_wyrm writes "Intel is trying to push the news of AMD's Barcelona launch out of the headlines with the release of the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770, a 3.20 GHz CPU that runs on a 1600 MHz front-side bus. It is the fastest consumer level processor that has come out, but don't plan on running it anytime soon. The ~$1200 price tag, and the lack of any motherboards that support a 1600MHz FSB will stop this unneeded answer to Barcelona from appearing in enthusiast's PCs for Christmas. Still, the benchmarks from this powerful CPU are something awesome to behold."

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Re:Good news for Windows Vista and the USA

[bogaboga]

I would ask you whether all AMD processors are made in Germany, and whether AMD is a German company. If the answers to all these questions is in the affirmative, then I am wrong...sorry!

If on the other hand AMD is [indeed] a US company and some of its processors are made in the USA, then I am reassured.

But then when it comes to the USA, all our electronics are foreign made. To make matters worse, our flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet will be at least 61% foreign made. These are some of the facts that ashame me.