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Intel phases out Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and QX9770 processors

The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and QX9770 were the flagship processors for Intel for many months, but it looks like they are about to be put out to pasture. Now that the Intel Core i7 series has launched a new Extreme series processor has taken the performance lead, which means these processors can be retired. It's always good to see a company move on, but boy those two processors were fun to run!

Intel informed system builders that it has begun phasing out the QX9650 (3.0 GHz) and QX9770 (3.2 GHz) desktop processors. Final orders will be taken on June 5 of this year and the final tray processors are expected to ship February 2, 2010, while boxed versions will ship until September of next year. Both CPUs have been removed from the official processor price list last December, when the Core i7 processor was introduced. The only Core-based 45 nm Extreme processor now available is the Skulltrail QX9775 CPU with LGA771 package.

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Posted by | Thu, Feb 05, 2009 - 08:09 PM