Quote Originally Posted by Chad Boga View Post
Why are you so convinced i5 will have such a dramatic impact on AMD?

Will the integrated PCIe controller make such a big difference for gaming?

How much better would i5 be for gaming than i7 at the same clock speed?

5%, 10%, 20%????
HT is the key. i5 is a i7 with dualchannel. But still 8 threads and turbomode. Depending what you do, i5 could easily be 25-50% faster than yorkfield.

AMD might have something to counter it in 2011...maybe. But that would also be the second incarnation of i7 and i5.