Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor

Mainstream gaming performance

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Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor

Gaming and multimedia performance

Whether it's gaming, digital photography, or video editing, desktop PCs powered by the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor handle today’s entertainment demands.

Multi-core performance

Based on 45nm manufacturing technology, with four processing cores and hafnium-infused circuitry, the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor delivers more performance without using more energy. The Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 is an excellent choice for the latest generation of multi-threaded games and multimedia applications.

  • 3.2GHz core speed
  • 12 MB of total L2 cache
  • 1600 MHz front side bus

Product information

Features and benefits

Designed for extreme performance, dual-core and quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme processors feature performance-rich technologies:

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution, enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve gaming execution time and energy efficiency

Intel® Deep Power Down Technology, designed to deliver extreme energy-efficient performance

Intel® Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of all available data bandwidth

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem, and optimized for industry leading multi-threaded games

Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications, including ultra-realistic game physics and human-like artificial intelligence for an intense gaming experience unlike any other. Now improved even further on 45nm versions with Intel® HD Boost utilizing new SSE4 instructions for even better multimedia performance

For additional features and benefits specific to 45nm and 65nm Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors, view the quad-core and dual-core product briefs.

  1. Buy an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor-based PC today and learn what it means to really get your game on