Quote Originally Posted by Aussie FX View Post
I think Denb is going to be be much better than most people realise. AMD have said themselves that it will bring 20% ipc improvements over Barcelona and we have all seen the 4+ghz overclocks on C1 silicon.
What makes me so positive is the way intel are going about things with this massive paper launch of nehalem, they are throwing everything at it to the detriment of the current penryns which are a great cpu in their own right.
I just get the feeling intel are running scared atm. I have never seen them react this way in my 20+yrs of being around pc's.

Here's hoping.


Right. Intel is running scared at the moment. Even while Nehalem is proving itself on dozens of review sites, and proving itself with a handful of overclockers right here on XS. You don't have to go too far to see what kind of numbers it's putting up. It's quite the chip.

And don't forget what happened the last time AMD threw around performance numbers, because they only managed to talk the talk.

Look, I'm hoping for the best for AMD, and I'm really hoping their new chips do well in games, because I'll switch in an instant, but let's be realistic and realize they have lots of ground to make up against the performance that Intel is producing. I just think "Intel running scared" sounds a little silly at this point, especially considering all the evidence argues against it. But, of course, your 20+ years around PC's must be taken into consideration, because that is a very notable qualification.