We just recently linked to a review of the dual-core Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200. The next chip in line to be reviewed is the cheapest of the quad-core parts, alias the Q9300, which is worth $266 thanks to its smaller 6MB cache. The 2.5GHz chip's performance is always slightly behind, or in one benchmark on par with the 3.0GHz QX6850 - apart from the one occasion in Crysis where a rather rude dual-core E6750 decided to pull ahead by 1 FPS.

Like most premature reviews, it's not in English, though as usual the graphs (which include another fourteen processors, as well as the Q9300 at 3.5GHz) speak for themselves.