Quote Originally Posted by cegras View Post
I moved to a E7200 from a s939 AMD 3800 X2 @ 2.7 ghz.

Seriously, except for faster OS and game load times .. I feel no difference at all except in benchmarks.

I should've realized that all the benchmarks people use to test processors with are things I'd never use, like those test suites .. and .. decoding .. and .. winrar ...
I've known that since 2000 and boy was it an eye opener for me. Benchmarks are good, do not tell the whole story regarding a person's computer experience.