Quote Originally Posted by Shintai View Post
Gee...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3



Overall FASTER and LESS POWER CONSUMPTION.
Errr, that link was already posted Where as I replied with the link I posted since QX977x ain't really a guideline for C2Q.

Quote Originally Posted by STaRGaZeR View Post
Server platform? It's a C2Extreme QX9770 vs a Corei7Extreme 965, and C2Quad Q9450 vs a Corei7 920
Can I remind you what socket QX977x uses? Right, skt 771, that's a server platform. Core i7 965 uses just like 920, 1366. QX977x is nowhere inline with any skt 775 C2 CPU, at all. It's mainly aimed at ST for epic e-peen rage

Quote Originally Posted by STaRGaZeR View Post
You can clearly see that at "low" frequencies Nehalem is not so power efficient when gaming, but stop right there. If you use anything other than games and/or you cranck up the frequency, well you see the result. The problem with Phenom (X2, X3 and X4) is that it underperforms in almost everything, and Corei7 underperforms in almost nothing, both compared to Penryn.

And yes, I crap about Nehalem's power efficiency in games at 2,66GHz, why not. I'm not a fanboy, remember? However I'm not going to use it only in games or at 2,66GHz so...
Phenom underpeforms? Excuse me? Been running 9850BE at stock for 4 months and a 9950BE stock for 1.5 months and Ive yet to suffer from any 'under performing' results really Compared to Penryn, it ain't doing that bad. At least, at stock.

Core i7 running at higher frequencies, I cant comment on that since QX977x is just a stupid comparison. Get some skt 775 QX CPU instead to compare When OC'ing comes into this, of course Phenom loses since it's simply not scaling well. But we knew this for how long already? Not like Phenom cant be OC'd though, 3Ghz at default Vcore isnt a rare thing at all but nothing to write home about either.