You do have a point about the general tendency of fans over-hyping something before it launches, and I'm not just talking about Deneb either. It appears a lot of people here seem to think a 12.5% increase in SuperPi means even bigger increases in real world apps, when in fact gains in SuperPi are generally exaggerated when compared to real world gains.

I wonder if its possible to disable the L3 on a Phenom? If it is, someone should disable it and see what kind of impact the L3 has on SuperPi times.