Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
Actually, Q9300 launched for much less than what Q6600 did!

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...2_quad_q6600/1



Do you really need a link showing Q9300 for around $300 and the current going for $275 FS at Newegg? No one dreamed this much performance would cost this much when X2 had heafty prices

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2.../kaigai01l.gif

If Intel sticks to the Roadmap, anyone who read it can see 2.83GHz is slated for Q4 and the price giving one the Map shows from about $320/5 to $400. For those who don't know to use it;
Go to the Grey section that says 2008
Go to part that says Q4 under the 2008.
Follow the Blue section with Grey lines at a 45 deg ang down to its lowest point.

There you'll find 2.83GHz Bloomfield Q9550.
Now move straight to the right to the price range, there it clear shows the top of the scale at $400. There shouldn't be any pricing concerns since right below this shows the 2.66GHz Q9400 for $325 or lower. Not to be confused witht the 9300 that has half as much L2 cache. Or the 3.3GHz Wolfdale in the same price range.

http://compare.intel.com/pcc/default.aspx?familyID=1

Helps folks complaining about being confused: The Yorkfields of the same speed will die out, get replaced, go EOL as the map shows!
Actually Donnie, I think you misread the chart. The 2.83Ghz Q9550 is NOT a Bloomfield, it is a Yorkfield. Look at the legend at the bottom of the screen. The boxes with an orange background and pink border are Yorkies. The Bloomfield is a blue background with pink border.

This says nothing about Bloomfield model numbers, but what it does say is that we will see at least 3 Bloomfield chips released ranging from Mainstream 3, Performance 1 and Extreme Edition product segments.