Quote Originally Posted by kl0012 View Post
Noticed that where the performance isn't limited by GPU, i7 2.0GHz is as fast as 2.6-2.8GHz phenom. I wonder what perf we should expect from even cheaper i5/i3.
There seems to be some internal bottleneck in Deneb core when it runs below certain frequency.You can see Deneb outpaces i7 after certain threshold is reached(while both approach 4Ghz) in 5 out of 9 games.