October 30, 2007, 04:52 PM
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 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 45nm: TechGage
TechGage got their grubby little hands on this QX9650 and wrote a great review pitting this CPU against two top Intel contrenders and outlining the architecture for dummies. They found no great advantage over the QX6850 in gaming, but significantly higher performance in video decoding. No overclocking unfortunately.
" The past two years have been exciting for fans of the processor world, with Intel doing their job well to keep the momentum going. Since Conroe's launch last July, Intel has successfully kept their foot atop AMD by offering products that not only outperform theirs by a significant margin, but are also offered at such low prices that only hardcore AMD fans would ponder purchasing a non-C2D product. Everyone had hoped that AMD's Barcelona architecture would bring them back to the competitive table, but not unlike the current-gen ATI vs. NVIDIA battle, there wasn't a mark to be left. While AMD undoubtedly needs to release a product that prove to people that they haven't completely lost their grip on things, consumers have been benefiting either way." 
read the article here: Techgage - Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - The 45nm Era Begins
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