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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 review

By Steven Walton on January 8, 2007
Editor: Julio Franco

Manufacturer: Intel

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System Specs & Memory Performance
Hardware
- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66GHz)
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz)
- Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz)
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz)
- Intel Pentium D 950 (3.40GHz)
- 2GB Corsair XMS DDR2-800 (CAS4)
- ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (Intel 975X)
- OCZ GameXStream (700 watt)
- Seagate 250GB 7200RPM (Serial ATA II)
- Gigabyte Radeon X1900XTX (512MB)
Software
- Microsoft Windows XP Pro 32bit (SP2)
- ATI Catalyst (6.10)
- Intel System Drivers (7.2.2)




The memory performance of the quad-core Q6600 and QX6700 processors is almost the same as that of the E6700. Both quad-core processors are using DDR2-800 memory on a 1066MHz quad-pumped FSB, so the similarities in memory performance are not that surprising.

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