3d'06 is AMD/ATI biased anyway

check out 3ghz conroe vs 3ghz k8 in 3d'06 cpu http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...=875&chart=419
and 3d'06 graphics http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...=875&chart=418
they're closer on that benchmark than most of the others you can choose.

and compare HD2900xt xfire in 3d'06 SM2.0 http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=804&chart=372
and 3d'06 HDR/SM3.0 http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=804&chart=377
where HD2900xt xfire is right behind 8800GTX SLI..

..with overall game fps http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=804&chart=378 where HD2900xt xfire is waaay behind...

slightly AMD biased, and very ATI biased imo

ontopic: so if opteron's losing to xeon in an AMD biased benchmark that isn't such a good sign (for desktop users). xeon takes a bigger performance hit from using fb-dimms instead of ddr2 than opteron does from using registered ddr2 instead of normal ddr2, so it won't look any better when its phenom vs c2q.