Intel has supported overclocking since they released the 975 BX boards.

From your own web site: 
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/08/28/intel-to-offer-overclocking-software

You can download the OCing software here: http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/software/dcc/download.htm

Did they really quote the price in Euro's because that would be bigger news than having a new extreme edition

You gotta love Intel's EU PRs.

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 ... 
8800GT ...

Ahh those EE days of thermal extremes are back.

Screaming fans, obligatory water cooling, mobos that crack from heat with distended bulging capacitors ...

All for what??

Just to pip AMD at the post?

The 3870 and 3850 cards are ice cool at idle and perform well, plus they won't break the bank or require a kilowatt of PSU to run.

Phenom likewise performs well at idle (like the new Intel chips) and is a good performer too.

Once they iron out the microcode and driver issues I'd imagine both will be a quality product at their respective price points.

Sure AMD can't compete at present with NVIDIA or INTEL at the high end, but unless NVIDIA get into the platform market they will see decreasing returns.

Intel's booming market share can't stand a decrease as it will crash (correct) their share price accordingly - likewise for NVIDIA.

As AMD gear up to flood the market with cheap chips the opposition is going into blind panic.

They can't compete with AMD at the bottom end of the market - INTEL is too top heavy, and NVIDIA are fabless.

The war goes on ...

I should be getting paid for this sort of hack dribble Mike ...

the QX9770 was already benchmarked at Anandtech so I guess the processor is real!

This Looks Good On Paper Anyways......

Maybe this paper 9770 will work better in my asus striker extreme since the qx9650 doesn't work at all.

Yo Theo, I think you mean, 
"Owners of "QX9650" processor only need to follow these instructions and they will own a QX9770 CPU.

Funny article! Keep this up.

keep up the good work.