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It’s like those blockbuster movie reviews: “Sweet sensation!” “A thrill ride that rattled my bones and rocked my world!”
This week we got to see the first reviews of the soon-to-be-released Core 2 Extreme Edition designed with brand new Intel transistors. Manufactured in the new $3 billion high-volume Fab in Arizona, the new quad core processors:
You can read full reviews here. Some of coolest quotes:
“All signs point to, “Wow!”" — HardOCP
“The new Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is simply the fastest processor for gaming, media encoding and just about anything else you could do on your PC” — PC Perspective
“Less Noise, More Efficiency, More Speed and More Overclocking Potential!” — Tom’s Hardware
“Intel has pulled off a pretty remarkable achievement with the Core 2 Extreme QX9650’s…” — Firing Squad
“The Yorkfield-based Core 2 Extreme QX9650 is a success in every sense of the word” — Hot Hardware
“For now, the QX9650 represents the pinnacle of Intel desktop CPUs—and it’s simply the fastest desktop CPU on the market today” — Extremetech
See it in gaming action from this IDF video:
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Here’s how the tiny, new transistors will make a big splash in future supercomputers:
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