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The Q8200 will drop to $193 beforehand... |
Intel plans to add a Core 2 Quad Q8300 to its lineup on November 30th, or so Fudzilla lead us to believe. Spec wise the chip is identical to the Q9300, but with 4MB cache.
It has the same clock speed as the Q9300, but this more expensive CPU has 6MB of cache.
Q8300 will cost $224, and as we previously said, its older brother 2.33GHz clocked Q8200 will drop from original $224 to $193 on the October 19th. This will certainly make more breathing space for Q8300 introduction.
Core 2 Quad Q8300 will definitely launch after Core i7 series and these cheap quad-cores will cost only $62 more than the cheapest Core i7 920 at 2.66GHz and performance wise Core i7 makes more sense. The choice is always yours. 
