Intel Refreshes Core 2 Duo Range

The opening processor in this lineup, is the newly introduced E6550, which is clocked at 2.33 GHz and is aimed at filling the gap between the earlier E6400 and E6600 processor range. This new processor will retail at US$ 163. The next processor being introduced is the E6750, which is clocked 330 MHz faster than the E6750 i.e. 2.66 GHz. It will be retailing at US$ 183. The final dual-core processor is the E6850 which is 330 MHz faster than the E6750 i.e. 3 GHz and will retail at $266. On the quad-core front the new processor being debuted is the Core 2 Quad Q6850, which is clocked at 3 GHz and will carry the “Extreme” tag. This is reflected in the pricing of the C2D Q6850 which is US$ 999.