Testseek.com have collected 84 expert reviews of the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0GHz Socket 775 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0GHz Socket 775.
January 2008
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45-nanometre transistors
Overclockable
New SSE4 instruction set
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Current motherboards may need a BIOS upgrade before this CPU will work The Final Word As usual theres a hefty price on this right now
But the new transistor technology and larger cache seem to have given this CPU a nice boost over its predecessor. I...
If the Penryn architecture only yielded an average performance increase of 6 per cent over the Core architecture, this alone would be considered a good step forward for Intel on this tricky new manufacturing process. However, the Penryn architecture ha...
For the moment, most users would gain little advantage in upgrading to a Penryn CPU - the chip may not be compatible with your PCs motherboard, the market has few SSE4-optimised applications that would allow it to shine performance-wise, and it will ...
Abstract: Rarely have things looked as good for Intel as they do right now. Exactly 18 months after their introduction, Intel is updating its highly successful Core 2 CPUs. The chipmaker is shrinking the structures from 65 nm to 45 nm and is already preparing t...
Fastest highend desktop chip on the market, New specialised instructions should further improve performance with supporting software
Expensive, New chips due from AMD are an unknown factor, More complete Intel architecture redesign is only a year away
The CPU market is due for a lot of upheaval over the next 12 months, so you might be wise to wait for a clearer picture before plunking down $1000 or so on Intels new Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad-core desktop processor. But if you want to claim ownersh
Penryn is a step forward from Kentsfield that offers moderately better performance in day-to-day tasks but when you give it a sniff of SSE 4 it shows a distinct benefit. The much-reduced power draw is very encouraging too. You’d be crazy to spend £6...
Abstract: Last week, we took a look at the so-called "budget minded" Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 desktop processor. Okay, it may be slapped with the budget tag, but it certainly isnt budget performance -- our benchmarks indicate that it performed on an average of ...
the Intel Core 2 quad-core QX9650 performs. To date it has produced the highest scores out of any processor I have used or reviewed. I like the fact that even overclocked and on air cooling, my CPU temperatures did not go above 49 degrees Celsius at ...
Abstract: This is the first Quad core processor that Intel launched for desktops and is based on 45nm technology. It basically has two dual-core CPUs paired on a single silicon package, with shared bus interface running at 1333 MHz. Each die has up to 6 MB of L2 ca...
For Gamers : Core 2 Extreme QX9650 performs quite decent in the slew of new games and will especially help when they require more physics calculations during game play. However, if you are already having a QX6850 or E6850, then it is unwise to dump the...
