Quote Originally Posted by Salavat23 View Post
Its only equal because of the higher turbo mode on the i7 860. Most enthusiasts will want to overclock, and as soon as they do, turbo mode is disabled, and the 860s advantage is gone.

So you can't say that its just as fast at stock clocks and overclocks well in the same sentence because then you're just nitpicking advantages of the CPU from different scenarios.
Sorry, but i think enthusiasts will be more than satisfied with a 250 dollar chip(860) that can do something like this