My speculation is that Deneb will not at first have an unlocked multiplier. We will only be able to overclock HTT. The clocks will "only" be 3.4 to 3.6.
AMD will realize that they need a BE version and it will be released in late January. Clocks will hit 3.8 to 4.0.
In late June, an FX version will come out with High-K metal gates. Overclocks will hit 4.4 - 4.6. The FX chip will run a lot cooler and take a ton of voltage. Most of us will kill our AM2+ boards by blowing numerous mosfets and will have to buy AM3 mobo versions, probably DFI because of their digital power handling.
Nehalem buyers will have remorse when they discover that even slight overclocks result in between 80C and 100C temps. We will see a huge migration of upset Intel customers to AMD Deneb.
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