45nm INTEL QX9650 VS 65nm INTEL QX6850

look how they make the graphs to make it look like a huge difference

Yeah, saw that too
Still noice tho.
Solid gains esp in mem b/w
Oc quite well too

About 5-8% increase clock for clock agaisnt the qx6850. I didnt go too far into the pages but Im assuming it definitely runs cooler too b/c its 45nm and it has intels new high-k metal gate silicon technology to decrease heat loss and lower watts.

He has it running at 4.5ghz@1.62vcore on air cooling.

Well, I love the 4.5 on Air Cooling part :>
Very high Voltage, but I bet 4.0-4.2 would run quite cool then.

Looks like I've got something specific to look forward to upgrading to when this is released. Assuming the Q9450 OCs anywhere near as well I'd probably go for something like that.

-mcg

Wow the QX9650 can be clocked that high? Damn, and I just got a Q6600 and 3.6 is hard enough already....

Cool,

4 GHz and still first of the batch model. I'm already dreaming of what they'll do by next march when I'll be ready to upgrade my E6600.

One thing left to do right now. That's waiting for Phenom in sufficient number and high enough frequency to see if AMD will get back to where it was in the K6 days. That would be low-end market. I surely hope not!

Ok so a QX6850 running at 4GHz is 53c and a QX9650 running at 4GHz is 35c? Dam thats not just a improvement thats a freakin leap.

Thats almost a 20c difference in temperature which means that at the stock speed this chip(and the ones to come in march) will probably be some of the most efficient CPUs ever.

I just hope that AMDs Phenom is ready for Penryn. I think this will be one interesting shoot out. And I am eying the Q6600 equivalent for and upgrade in 2008.