The Scoop on Intel's QX6800

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On Monday, Intel announced the creation of a new quad core processor. The obvious change from the QX6700 to the QX6800 is a frequency boost from 2.66 GHz up to 2.93 GHz. Although this only matches the speed of the existing Intel Core2 Extreme dual core processor, it has the added bonus of two more cores.

What you might not have read about is that the processors are being sold to a limited number of outlets. The word on the street is that only 2,500 QX6800s exist in the world, with 1,200 of them slated for North America. Trays of processors are selling for $1199 per unit and have a few criteria. The 135 W thermal design power (TDP) processor is only being sold to outlets that can properly cool it, and by that Intel means a water cooling system must accompany each QX6800.

The Full Scoop: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/...f_with_qx6800/