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Intel's Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6850 and Core2 E6750 Host bus: 1333 MHz
(Review by MS, July 15, 2007)

Final Thoughts

Intel once again came, saw and won and did so consistently by a landslide. The combination of DDR3, a new memory controller and the faster host bus interface turned out to be quite the "trio infernale", leaving the competition nothing but tears in their eyes. Rumor has it that the next generation Penryn CPUs will up the ante again over what we are seeing now, and the upcoming X38 platform will equally hit another homerun.

At this point, we cannot comment on products that have not been released yet. Fact is, though, that AMD will need a pretty gigantic leap to overturn the current market situation. On the other hand, it is not always top performance that counts, conservative power management and ultra-low pricing are the dominating factors in the bread and butter market.

All of that said and done, there is one last thing to do and that is to award Intel one of our coveted "Editor's Choice Awards". Well done!

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