On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <li...@xunil.at> wrote: > Am 2011-11-16 16:22, schrieb masterprometheus: >> The 2700K is nothing different than the 2600K. The only plus is a 100 >> MHz frequency boost. Not worth the extra $70 over a 2600/2600K. > > Yep. So Intel noticed "wow, we get a few of them which run stable even > at 100MHz more, let's sell them for some more money" ;-)
More likely, it's to avoid criticism for missing a regular incremental release schedule. "This is as good as we got. Ship it." It sounds like they're hitting the limits of their process again: http://hardocp.com/article/2011/11/14/intel_core_i73960x_sandy_bridge_e_processor_review -- :wq
