Zambezi ES performance weirdness

[RussC]

And yet you bought a phenom II?

Why I own and use certain things really doesn't matter, Im looking more at an investment thesis right now.

Superpi is absolutely useless, it's a relic from nearly 30 years ago when we used to install our own co-processors.
AFAIK AMD has deprecated x87 in BD and it will be emulated in the fp pipe. Don't be surprised if 1m times are out over a minute.

Still think it's a great performance indicator?

Fine, Ok, pick the benchmark of your choosing. My statement still holds, the company with the faster SINGLE CORE/THREAD AND MEMORY/CACHE INFRASTRUCTURE WINS MARKET SHARE. So whatever test gives this matrix tells the larger story.

RussC