Core i7-970 "cheapest" Intel six-core on shelves around the world

[dartaz]

bittech has a review on it now:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...7-970-review/1

from this sample, it reached 4.0ghz where as the EE did 4.4ghz with same voltage and setup. hopefully not all samples this weak =(

ive seen Frys and other e/re-tailers have the EE for same price as the 970 or even lower! so this is utter fail on intel's part. just crossing fingers this part will come down to about half price by x-mas....

i7 970 at stock speeds performed better than PII X6 1090T @ 3.87GHz in every single benchmark according to this review

And I really hope that Intel drop its price to $550 after few months just like it did with Q6600