oh man did i pick the best day to be home sick. when i saw those Bionc benches with HT on i literally had a brain meltdown. and from my experience (back in the glory days of P4) turning HT on just murders your scores. and bionc does not just use one core when benching. it will peg all cores for a few seconds and then just the first one for another few seconds so HT on will drop your scores a ton but will add PPD and results per day like crazy.

that just sealed the deal for me Dave! Core i7 920 for me and hopefully a 965 and 920 for my buddy at all around the same time imagine how much 3 Nelly's all coming on at the same time would boost your scores

thanks man! fantastic read!