Now you have a new choice for Gulftown.
We can't really imagine the type of PC computing enthusiast who could set aside $900 for a six-core Intel Core i7 Gulftown CPU and not be up to spending $100 more the Extreme Edition. But that's the sort of people who would opt for the Core i7-970, the hexacore 3.2GHz chip now on sale for $899.
The chip appeared on Newegg's listings and is available to ship immediately. Paying the extra $100 gets you only an extra 133MHz, but you also get the game Shattered Horizons for free (until the end of the month).
Then again, you could put that $100 towards a faster GPU, and you'd probably be better off.
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If you want bragging rights, get the 980. If you have some common sense, get a Phenom X6. If you're absolutely insane, get the 970.
I can buy an AMD 6 core processor and at least 6 original titles in that amount..
may be I don't need that much power to game.
1) the EXTREME EDITION, is Intel's overclocking enthusiast chip. it's completely UNLOCKED MULTIPLIER means that it can be more flexibly clocked to the maximum. for those that want the simple 6-cpre CPU and have no intention to OC,then they can save $100.
2) the SHATTERED HORIZONS game, is Futuremark's game, that uses a multi-core engine that SCALES to whatever amount of cores you have. most game engines only use 2-3 cores max. the shattered horizons game engine is scalable to automatically use whatever amount of cores you have. this is why Intel are giving it way free, it's to showcase what can be done when software is optimised for more CPU cores.
see this screenshot to witness the engine scaling on a 16 physical core machine (real cores not hyperthreading):
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/&menu=browser&image_id=1217036&article_id=698996&page=1&show=original
see this page for more info about the game engine:
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,698996/Why-Shattered-Horizon-is-PC-exclusive-and-more-technical-details/Practice/