Quote Originally Posted by Marvin_The_Martian View Post
i7 is a big improvement but it isn't enough to justify the price ppd wise atm. Don't have the numbers from my head but I think in the cpu field q6600 is still the best there is $$$/ppd :
I think that will change quickly. During this race I got several "Normal SMPs" that finished in 20 hours or less on 2 cores of a Q9450 and Q6600. I also had several that completely bogged the machines down and took 2 days to complete. We seem to be nearing the point the SMPs will take 4 cores or better to put up decent points.