Intel has released a new quad core Q8400 about two weeks ago but looks liek nobody has updated the news here.
Specs:
2.66GHz
1333MHz FSB
4MB L2 cache
Main competitor: Phenom II X4, which is available at same price point.
Anandtech review says:
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int...px?i=3559&p=14
Between the Q8400 and the Phenom II X4 940, at stock clock speeds, the 940 is the way to go unless you're very concerned about power consumption or happen to be running applications that are very well optimized for Intel's Core architecture. Update: As many readers have pointed out, the Q8400 does not support Intel's VT for hardware accelerated virtualization. Honestly it's silly that Intel is attempting to use VT as a profit driver at this point. Not supporting VT on any quad-core CPU just doesn't make sense. The Phenom does support AMD's hardware virtualization AMD-V, and thus gives it a tremendous leg up if you care about the feature.
Inte Core2Quad Q8400 released ($183)
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