Fudzilla
reports that the Core 2 Duo E8600 will come out on August 10 with a $266
price tag. The CPU will run at 3.33GHz, or about 170MHz faster than the Core 2
Duo E8500 Intel recently pulled down from $266 to $183. Today, Newegg carries
the E8500 for $194.99 with free three-day shipping. Fudzilla points out that
this may be the last high-end Core 2 Duo, and recently leaked roadmaps would
seem to corroborate that claim. Supposedly, Intel will replace the E8600 and
other current-gen chips in the same price range with dual- and quad-core Nehalem
derivatives in the third quarter of 2009.