Anandtech i5 preview

[saaya]

By the time this comes out, it will be close enough to 12 months since i7 was launched and we get F#$% all improvement.

ive been warning people even before 1366 launch that they shouldnt wait for 1156 if they want perf...

He's comparing the 2.13 GHz i5 to the 3.2 GHz X4 955. The i5 is better performing in 8 benchmarks, and the X4 is the faster one in 6 benchmarks.
Dunno if those benchmarks are well chosen, someone else have to comment on that.

but the 2.13ghz chip was oced to 2.66, thats quite important to mention :P

AMD needs to compete with i7 first

huh? why?
no they dont, and they dont even try or plan to... i7 is a niche, theres not that much money to be made there, amd wants large volume, mainstream and entry level... so its clearly i5 vs phenom2

Apparently, if P55 mobos are similar in pricing to the lower-end X58 mobos, not much.

yepp, its possible to create x58 boards that cost around 100$ as well... basic entry level, same as p55 basic entry level for 100$...