Quote Originally Posted by Sr7 View Post
But thats just my point.. what do you stand to gain performance-wise in your everyday usage, if there are no gains in gaming?

I think GPGPU has far more potential for speedup on image processing, and video processing. So what does that leave that makes you really want something faster than a current Core 2 for?

You really think Nehalem is going to be perceivably faster? I think at a certain point, things just open "fast", and a 40% gain from 10ms to 6ms is inperceivable, because it's below a threshold where we can actually discern between two timings.

I'm willing to bet that currently most people can't even tell the difference between a low end core 2 duo's performance and a high end core 2 duo. This didn't used to be the case with older processors, when booting your system or waiting on some task still felt sluggish.
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Work isn't about opening time ; but how much it takes to get the job done.3 minutes instead of 4 is a huge improvement.For someone who is doing this on a daily basis it could means several days a month.

Nehalem has lots of untapped potential and this will become apparent with new generations of games.Games that are now in the market were designed in the 2004-2006 timeframe.Rest assured that those designed in 2006-2008 will be faster on Nehalem than on Core.