Today's the day media outlets such as us are finally able to unveil all the details on Intel's next-generation Core 2 processors. The new chips are built on Intel's brand new Conroe CPU core, boasting more performance thanks to several improvements. In this article we go over what's changed in the new CPUs, discuss pricing, and evaluate performance. Inside you'll find benchmark numbers for both single-GPU and multi-GPU setups with ATI CrossFire. Do you really need a Core 2 processor to drive two X1900 XTX cards at 2048x1536? Find out in this article! (Hint: You won't want to skip the flight sim benches in this article)

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