Really, none of the Bloomfields (or any of 'fields or 'towns) are meant to be mid-range models. That's the ground of Avondale (and the rest of the 'dales) -- which will be dual core, dual channel, and (probably) no SMT. But as Intel normally does, when fab-constrained at the beginning of a product run they target the highest-revenue segments first, which is of course servers and workstations and "extreme" enthusiasts. So the real mid-range chips are out in '09. There will be true mid-range 'fields (quads) eventually but they'll be cut down in various ways -- cache, memory channels, etc. In the meantime, the mid-range quads are known as Penryn.

I hope that Q8200 is faster than Q6600

I read somewhere that the top end Nehalem will have 192bit memory controller but the cheaper ones(2.66ghz) etc will have a 128bit controller...either way they oughta be pretty damn fast.
Wonder if the lower latency times will have a big effect on gaming like the A64s had over the Pentiums?

When I finally move to quad it will be the best choice under $200, and $150 or less if possible.

So Intel can make these things at 3.2 GHz? Color me impressed.

Ouch. AMD, please get competitive so that Intel feels some pricing pressure again. Please.

Except the link
http://en.expreview.com/2008/06/10/intel-roadmap-update-nehalem-to-...
does not work.

I'm curious if the integrated memory controller will reduce the cost for manufacturers to make the chipsets and motherboards.