Too bad they didn't go with $531 immediately, as Xbitlabs.com had suggested last week.

$850 just says 'Please don't bother us too much while we ramp volume and come back in a couple of months.'

Question is, Is the multiplier of this new Q6600 cpu adjustable or Fixed?
Yes I like to Overclock some. ;)

Why people are complaining about the price? What part of the market honestly wants to buy these CPUs? Professionals, enthusiast or idiots with deep pockets.

What's the longevity of this chip gonna be like?

I mean, sure, from a performance perspective right now, it's not that great except when you get to dual threaded and greater applications. But they will come.

If you bought this chip now, and kept up with the RAM and hard drive, five years from now I'd wager you'd still have a reasonably competitive chip.

That's good. Sign me up for quad core (or beyond) when I build my next computer at the end of the decade.

Did you say GPU-testing mode??

R600 review anyone?

105W vs 80W for the Xeon version /tramps foot and makes rude gesture.

I wish Intel and AMD sat together at a freaking table and said, hey..lets settle on 80W etc and slowly lower it. They are both around 125-130W max and else around the same.

Ah, and the formula for supply / demand / lack of competition bodes true yet again.

So much for the $531 price tag...

The bottom line is that while the software may not be around just yet to really utilize the power of 4+ processors, one day my P5W DH will get one of these, if supported. :)