The Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9770 was just unveiled minutes ago and even though it will not be out till next year, Legit Reviews has the performance numbers today. The QX9770 is the first Intel processor to ship with a 1600MHz Front Side Bus and it also has a 200MHz increase in clock frequency over the QX9650. This is one processor you don't want to miss out on as 1600MHz FSB processors will be all the rage next year!

"The Gigabyte X38-DQ6 with BIOS version F6b was used for overclocking the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor QX9770 and the results were amazing. This processor starts life out at 3.2GHz and I aimed to max out the overall core speed, so I increased the Front Side Bus speed until the system became unstable. With 1.5Vcore on the processor, the system was able to top out at 4.51GHz with partial stability..."



Link: Legit Reviews