Intel Core i7 920 and 965 XE CPU Review
 

In a few weeks you can find a brand new Intel CPU at your local hardware shop, it still carries the Core name but it is drastically different compared to their previous Core 2 units. The Core i7 has an onboard memory controller and hyperthreading is re-introduced. We compare the performance of the entry level 920 model as well as the high end 965 XE.

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Nice job with the power consumption results! Those are suspiciously like my own Q6600 results... but much more magnified. Core i7 looks to be a power sink...

Would've liked to see QX9770 results in a few more places (especially those game tests) but otherwise is a nice review. Very much liked how you tested the 9950BE @ 3.2Ghz. :)

Thanks Kougar. If possible we'll test the QX9770 some more, this was on my end, but I could not get hold of a 4870 X2 fast enough to complete the testing.

I kind of figured the sporadic QX9770 results was due to time constraints, so no worries.

I looked at Techgage's review, they had QX9770 and all three Core i7 results on some real world game settings; despite 1680x1050 resolution 4xAA/8xAF max detail Core i7 definitely took a 5-15 FPS hit for some newer games. Even at the 30" resolution COD4 had a 3-5FPS hit compared to the QX9770...

As much as I need a true SLI / Xfire capable board I am seriously considering waiting now... if I could keep my six sticks of 1GB DDR2-800 I'd have upgraded.