2.72Ghz Conroe, X1900CF @ 712/738 takes AM3 WR on air

[freecableguy]

OK I believe you.. I didn't think anyone had benched with X1900CFs, but then again, synthetic benchmarks don't really interest me..

So, the only other explanation must be that the entire benchmark itself can fit into Conroe's L2 cache, and combined with Conroe's extensive execution resources, enables Conroe to get more work done in a fraction of the time it takes the K8..

AM3 is probably INT intensive (most game code is), which explains why Conroe and Dothan do so well.

If there's one area where Conroe just absolutely rapes the K8 (and every other processor), it's in INT..

i can guarantee you that the AM3 benchmark does not fit into the Conroe's 4MB L2 cache. stop trying to rationalize this with unfounded theories. why is it so hard for people to accept the power of Conroe? i getting so sick of posts like this, i'm about ready to stop making this info public and just share it with my friends who i know are intelligent enough to look at it in the right light....

Edit: in fact, someone load AM3 into memory and tell me the size....I'm going to say somwhere in the range of 16-18MB is resident at any given time. then someone look at the size of the program on disk...I don't know...100MB? 4MB of memory is a lot for a CPU's cache, but remember, it's just that....4 MB....not a lot in actuality. bottom line, knock off the "fitting in cache" statements. enough of this crap.