Core i7 940 Review Shows SMT and Tri-Channel Memory Let-down

[Jacky]

OP, a mixed bag is not a let-down. It is only a let-down if people believed the substantial hype as to SMT and desktop apps. Quite to the contrary, w/o SMT Nehalem would have very weak IPC overall.

P4 Deja vu: The search for the threaded apps.

Here we go again...

You're wrong and you know it I guess? I suppose you phrased your opinion a little provocative on purpose? A. there are lots of threaded apps, but quite a lot only go up to 2 threads B. there are also some apps scaling with n-threads, just not enough on the desktop.

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one reading the TMPGEnc data right? Or am I the only one reading it wrong?

(1) http://diy.pconline.com.cn/cpu/revie...426985_12.html
(2) http://diy.pconline.com.cn/cpu/revie...1438115_8.html
If the 2.93ghz Q9770 produces a higher number than the 3.2ghz Q9770 (1,2) it means that "lower is better" in this test (the graph description is Chinese so we have to guess); thus Nehalem is the worst with SMT on, but when you disable it, then Nehalem leads the pack. (2)
Whereas the article by techpowerup and some other copycat article made it seem as if Nehalem was faster w/ SMT on?