Why is the 9700 and 9900 so much better when the frequences are just a bit higher? (It seems more effective)
Have to remember that the 9500 & 9600 have 1.8Ghz Northbridges while the 9700 has a 2.0Ghz northbridge and the 9900 might just have a 2.2Ghz northbridge. I'm pretty sure the extra speed on the L3 cache there would help with the scaling.