AMD Phenom II 920 & 940 Full Review

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I only care about the winrar and gaming tests since the synthetic benchmarks are completely useless to me, and what amused me was how at 1280*1024 the i7 pwns but at 1680*1050 they choke and PhenomII/Q9550 take the lead.. I mean, who gonna spend a load of money on a i7 platform and game at 1280*1024??

well, i'd say in 1280x1024 the game is cpu-limited, but in 1680x1050 it becomes gpu-limited.

but your point is still valid: why such a dramatic decrease in performance. the i7 is often slower than a penryn or phenom. i7's raw power is amazing, but in games these "muscles" seem to be negligible. i have no idea why.

whatever, i'm not impressed by the first benches of deneb as well i was really hoping for amd to be on par with the penryns (clock for clock). unfortunately deneb struggles to catch up with the kentsfields clock for clock. now it really depends on the prices.
any news on deneb's power consumption and temps?