AMD Shanghai/Deneb Review Thread

[Jacky]

We don't want to be unfair to AMD, so how about a Shanghai/Deneb review thread? For now it's a Shanghai only thread though, because Deneb has not launched officially.
Thus most reviews focus on server and workstation performance (don't waste your time looking for games). Feel free to add articles.

Shanghai
http://techreport.com/articles.x/15905 workstation and server testing
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3456 Shanghai DB testing
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=528 Linpack: Shanghai vs Nehalem (desktop) #1
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=529 Linpack: Shanghai vs Nehalem (desktop) vs Xeon #2
http://www.tecchannel.de/server/proz...ai/index4.html Very reliable review with a mix of server/hpc/workstation apps, but in German.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/com...-484339/review first hit on google
http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/artic..._server_arena/ Dutch review featuring FlamMap FSPRO, Sunguard, mysql benchmarks, rendering & more
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/236172/ very brief "review"

Other results (SpecCPU, virtualization, TPC-C, etc) + discussion
http://realworldtech.com/forums/inde...94450&roomid=2
http://realworldtech.com/forums/inde...94430&roomid=2

Deneb aka Phenom II
Reviews:
http://translate.google.com/translat...php%3Ft%3D3189 Review by hwbox.gr (English translation)
and the rest adapted from this review thread:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ph...0-review-test/
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16147
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16757
http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...=667&Itemid=27
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2338338,00.asp
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...phenom-ii.html
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Ente...nom-II-X4-940/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-940,2114.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...d-920-review/1
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...0_performance/
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1460
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...amd_phenom_ii/
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=802
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/860/1/
http://www.dinoxpc.com/Tests/articol...dex.asp?id=866
http://www.cluboverclocker.com/revie...40Black/p1.asp

Previews:
http://www.gamestar.de/hardware/test...nom_ii_x4.html some games tested with a "simulated" Deneb (Opteron 2384)
http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont...58&pageid=3151 Sneakpeak at an early engineering sample
Take those with a big grain of salt, I don't know how credible they are:
http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/asroc..._X4-info-1.htm Phenom II X4 940 vs. the QX 9770 vs. the Core i7 965