Quote Originally Posted by RaV[666] View Post
Thing is all this turbo features make such claims not true, depending on the load/temperature difference in these tests is 18-5% ,and not 28%.In properly cooled enviroment this cpu never works at 2.66ghz.2.8Ghz four cores or 3.2ghz for 2-1core load.
These kind of tests make comparisons weird.


BTW. link you provided goes to a i5 750 vs 955 bench.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/defau...109&p2=102&c=1
Heres less dramatic link to a 965 comparison ;-)
Rav[666], i5 750 won 33 out of 43, 965 BE won 9, 1 tie. So it looks like you just shot yourself in the foot.

I like the prices of these AMD chips a lot. They will compete very well in multi-threaded environments. I also like the fact that these can run on older hardware with a bios update. I wonder if that'll impact overclockability.

If these would do 4GHZ on decent air-cooling in 28c ambients, then kudos to the Green Team. I know I'll definitely be picking one of these up for a dedicated encoding rig, if they prove to be good overclockers (4GHZ on decent air).