Quote Originally Posted by kl0012 View Post
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A simple calculation (based on Anand's tests) shows average 9% performance advantage of i5-2.66GHz-No-HT over PII-3.2GHz
9% faster is pretty impressive technologically, 2.66 GHz is 20% clock disadvantage, so ~ 30% clock for clock IPC advantage.

AMD's saving grace, from the enthusiast point of view, is the unlocked multiplier making it easier to OC as well as gaming being more a function of GPU where they run about even.

Still, if the rumored price is correct (~196, say retail 220-230ish), there will be some downward price pressure on the 955.