Quote Originally Posted by FlanK3r View Post
BORIS: my x6 1090T is 4300 MHz stable with air cooler XG 1283. Think, not all i5 750 can do this ,-) (yes, Denebs are whorse than Thubans for OC, with air about 3.9-4.1GHz).
No, not all of them, but not all 1090Ts either. Most i5 750s I worked with have done 4GHz with ease, since I built these systems for others I haven't really pushed them. And since an i5 at 2.66GHz can beat an 3.2GHz X6 in games, and many other apps. I bet a 4GHz+ i5 can beat a x6 4GHz+. And do you want us to take an i7 into the picture?

The thing is, if Zambezi operates at 3GHz-3.6GHz it would be nice if it could compete with i7 in the same range, current X6 Phenom II 3.2GHz is in the area around i5 2.66Ghz. An X4 needs 1GHz more to even get close to i5.

So, thats why people want more than 50% more performance with 33% more cores. 12% per core wont put Bulldozer in i7 range, let alone future intel products.