QX67 and X68 to discontinue....?

alright well i was reading a report that said the QX6700 and X6800 was going to be discontinued to change it from 65 nanometre to 45 nanometre, so is that a good thing or bad?

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=616&Itemid=35

awsome

wait wait, how fast are we talking about? like 25% faster? 

Smaller chips take less power and produce less heat. _0V3RKI11_

quite accurate, more overclocking ability.

[QUOTE="_0V3RKI11_"]Smaller chips take less power and produce less heat. r3351925

quite accurate, more overclocking ability.

= More fun ;) 

But that means my cpu will be less common, thats a good and bad thing : /MondoCool

Lol its not like that chip is being sold in the vast quantities of the likes of the E6300, E6400, E6600, trust me they'll still be hanging around due to the insane price. 

So how fast are these "new" cpu going to be? give me a %, plz.

edit: and will the qx67 be almost as fast as the qx68? 

So how fast are these "new" cpu going to be? give me a %, plz.

edit: and will the qx67 be almost as fast as the qx68?

Link2legends

Well my best guess is these new Penryn chips will top out, stock settings, around 3.5-3.6ghz, so we might see a quad at 3.3 or so. Overclocks into the 4ghz should be pretty average on air coolers and probably 6ghz on LN2 and suicide runs should be possible.

So that is about a 20% increase in clockspeed, with a few minor changes in the marchitecture we might see a 25-30% increase in performance over C2D, stock vs stock.

We shall see sometime in July, I believe that is when the Penryn NDA expires...