Intel® Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core Processor

World’s First Quad-Core for the Desktop. This quad-core desktop processor will be the ultimate gaming machine and multimedia processing engine for today’s growing list of threaded applications. In addition to being excellent for intensive multitasking, the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor will provide impressive gaming performance, offering plenty of headroom for tomorrow’s thread-intensive games. Gamers can expect a smoother, more exciting gaming experience through the distribution of artificial intelligence (AI), physics and rendering across four hardware threads. Ideal for processor-intensive, highly threaded applications, the Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor will be the top choice for multimedia enthusiasts, gamers, and workers in demanding multitasking environments. It will feature 2.66 GHz core speed and 1066 MHz front side bus speed.