Following the release of the Barcelona-based processor released by AMD, Intel almost immediately threw its new product onto the market - the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processor.
The core of Yorkfield with a frequency of 3.2 GHz, 1600 MHz bus - the characteristics of the "stone" are impressive, especially the frequency of the bus. However, the latter, especially coupled with the price of the processor, and played a cruel joke with Intel. The fact is that for the QX9770 model costing about $ 1,200, which in itself is not small, it is not easy to find an affordable motherboard with 1.6 GHz bus support. That is, you can buy percents, but only for admiring and phrases like “I have QX9770!”, No more.