These upcoming CPUs are not general purpose chips for average users. And it is very unlikely that they will be priced as such either.
But it is great that they will be out there for the professionals who can actually use the additional processing power (rendering, HD video production, high res image editing, etc.). In this instance, it will probably be gaming that LEAST optimizes the upcoming multicore processors as they will be uncommonly used in even high end gaming rigs.
Case in point: Skulltrail based gaming rigs are few and far in between due to the cost as well as the low benefit of a 2 CPU 8 core solution relative to gaming. There just aren't any games that optimally make use of 8 cores.
Arriving in 2010? It will likely be quite some time longer before the technology becomes mainstream enough to be utilized for mass market gaming.
That being said, I look forward to it (unfortunately, I will probably end up building at least 2-3 more systems before that happens).
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