ou need a 4GHz PhenomII to reach a 2,8GHz Core i7 in MW2
3ghz,and difference between 3ghz and 4ghz be it i7 or PH2, is ~15FPS with a base FPS of MORE THAN 100FPS ;-).Thats 0 real difference betweeen i7 3ghz or 4ghz and Ph2 and i7.
Yes, THERE IS a difference ,but after you reach certain point (~2.8ghz for i7 and 3.2 for Ph2) difference is neglible.whats 3 or 4 fps at 100fps ?
Maybe it makes you feel warm inside ;-), but most people dont care.I play the game ,not observe fps counter.

And in that legionhardware test they used 5970 and they got hardly any difference above certain threshold.And thats a fast card ;-).

As above, minFPS (and avg, but whatever) aren't quite the same here with a single 5850 between 3 and 4 GHz with my Core i5, and I bet they won't be the same in your machine too.
You say that, but i tested few games with my 4850, and there is hardly any difference above 3.0ghz, single digit percents if any. In my favourite game of recent times, dragon age, i get same fps 2.5ghz or 3.5ghz.yea, i set AAx4 and AFx8 but it hovers at the same 50-80fps, ive alttabbed few times and changed multiplier, no diff :-/.In crysis benchmark i gained like half of fps between 3 and 3.6.
Most games only use 2 or 3 threads, not to mention any "old" game only uses 1
Thats right,thats why i can do many things at once.And game.
Old games, are well, old.They are FAST on that weak single PH2 core, and 100fps and 200fps doesnt make any diff.
A bit newer games that use 2 threads, are fast also, because again, main factor that hampers them is GFX, crysis is a good example.
And pretty much most games nowadays, have small system requierements considering theyre mostly console ports, that get hampered only in insane resolutions with high AA/Aniso settings, but again only thing that will help i gfx performance...

Intel owns here, end of the story, and if you have a 120Hz monitor or you just want high framerates you don't want AMD unless you can't afford a midrange Intel i5/i7.
Well ,no.Intel WINS here, but i think to OWN it would have to have been DRAMATICALLY faster at the settings that people PLAY.

And i dont get 120hz monitor reference at all, it aint possible on AMD or somethin ?You just need a FAST CARD/or lower IQ settings for GFX card to be able to render quickly enough.If anything it would be more sensible to buy faster GFX, with money saved on i7 ;-).
Sorry, i havent seen any high quality real world tests that would indicate any drastic differences in gaming performance between core2quad / Ph2 / i5 /i7 .And no, 120fps vs lets say 140fps doesnt mean squat, and 35 vs 37 neither ;-).
Most dramatic rise in gaming performance in recent years i saw installing system and game on a ssd :P

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/a...5043/19696.png

Seems like Ph2 is capable of smooth gameplay with L4D ;-), and if they used AA and aniso ,whole lineup would get squashed much closer.