Hmm, what's this? Intel QX6850 Processor review

[chrispycrunch]

so who plans on buying a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 when the new prices come in effect ?

Helpful write-up. Intel is on top well before AMD's Barcelona release with this Q6850.

For me it's a toss up between Q6600 and E6750. This is coming from someone who would probably be happy even with an E4300 overclocked

[Ryan]

I'm going to try to get some of these processors to test directly price vs price.

[Juventas]

"Intel has specifically stated that they will NOT work on the 975XBX2 motherboard"

Ryan, where did you get that from? Check this out:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-026614.htm

[zirik]

the asus p5w dh deluxe also supports the qx6850 via bios update 2206. it is a 975x chipset mobo.

[GTwannabe]

If you're going to overclock a quad core, there is the Intel Xeon X3210 (2.13ghz Kentsfield) for ~ $255

[Ryan]

"Intel has specifically stated that they will NOT work on the 975XBX2 motherboard"

Ryan, where did you get that from? Check this out:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-026614.htm

Huh, that is interesting. My contact at Intel definitely said it was P35 only. Looks like a scare tactic to sell more chipsets...

[Juventas]

Looks like a scare tactic to sell more chipsets...

That or they realized the gap in their product lineup until X38 arrived is longer than expected. I know ASUS did this unofficially already, but I'm surprised none of the thousands of hardware news sites have picked up on it being somewhat official: 975X now supports 1333MHz.

[zirik]

remember when they previewed the penryn processor? the demo was using a 975x chipset.