Quote Originally Posted by Sly Fox View Post
It seems that it's pretty clear at this point that i7 is the CPU to get for raw performance. But it also appears Phenom II will be fairly attractive for gaming and price. And honestly, the backwards compatibility is huge. Makes the Phenom adopters very happy I bet.
Why? I mean they could have gone Intel C2Q and already have the same or better performance in games. And given the competitive situation of the last 2.5 years and the incompatible nature of many Socket AM2s, I doubt the upgrade market is particularly large. Meanwhile, people who went with Intel aren't going to bother with at best a lateral upgrade.