Anandtech benches Nehalem

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Please follow my instructions? Yorkfield Q9550 dies and is replaced by Bloomfield Q9550. Underneath that shows Q9400 Yorkfield being the fastest Intel will ship after Nehalem. Q9550 Orange is Yorkfield and Q9550 Blue is Nehalem-Bloomfield. Right there in the Blue box it says Bloomfield over the orange box that is the Yorkfield, meaning a Bloomfield model will replace this Q9550 and that's set for Q4. If that weren't the case, the whole column would have stayed Orange.

No, they don't say speeds or models but I've saying Q9550 will be replaced by a Nehalem model right at its price point of between $325 and $400. They way it is show on this Roadmaps, that replacement could take place in Q4-08, Q1 09 or Q2 09. On another thread I said I don't know if it will be 2.66 or 2.83GHz. Either way, that firs model is less than $400. That should be nothing for folks who waited a year and a half for Phenom LOL!

Ok, we're just arguing semantics now, Yes, a Bloomfield will replace the Q9550 in that price segment. On this point we never disagreed, but it will not ALSO be called Q9550, it will most certainly receive a new model number.

There will NEVER be a 2.83Ghz Bloomfield since there is no multiplier that will yield 2.83 Ghz (8.5 * 333 for Yorkfield; unless They make a 21.23 multiplier for Nehalem ). Bloomfield must use a base 133Mhz multiplier.