Quote Originally Posted by Shintai View Post
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.
Meh... Well, ain't HT getting a bit old now though?

I can imagine why it'sn on i7, it's designed for a whole other purpose then most of us use it now. But i5 is for desktop, HT barely does a significant thing, at least for gaming. So dont trough the magic stick on the fact it has HT. Integrated PCI-e controller would most likely be more favourable than HT, only for latency though but still.

I dont know when AMD can offer something against i5, although Im wondering if it's needed. Just as i7/i5 could be in 2011 on a better process, so can Deneb have some significant improvements before the actual i5 launch

Time will tell though. Numbers hardly matter anyway, Agena was more a disaster because it couldnt OC very good. OC'ers killing people for a better benchmark number dont like that, go to Intel, average customers read and hear how and what and go with Intel. Now with the improved clocking I think they already gain a whole lot. Having a 4Ghz i7 or Deneb for gaming... Now dont tell me this difference is so significant you'd get an i7 over Deneb