Quote Originally Posted by eXa View Post
Your scenario just isnt realistic. Average joe who doesnt overclock doesnt buy 2 X5698 to run in a server board/sr2 for gaming.
No one who has a brain just wouldnt buy 2 x5698 for gaming when 2500K/2600K is just better.
Who was talking about the average Joe. This thread is about the X5698 chips after all

I was just arguing that a pair of these would make currently the ultimate gaming system. Which is most likely true. I just read the Anandtech SB review where the i7 975 was trading blows in game tests with a similarily clocked 2500K.

Now imagine how a similar chip would perform clocked at >30% higher and with six memory channels (albeit slow ECC) vs two on the SB. At stock speed there would be no contest. Overclocking is pure speculation at this point, but clearly these chips would clock at least a little higher than the SB ones.