I think it's funny people talking about how, Intel blows AMD out of the water now. All these processors are CRAZY fast and I think in normal use it would be hard to tell the difference in speed.
Not that it matters here's some bench marks of the Q6600 vs the Phenom 9600
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2226947,00.aspThe Q6600 does beat the Phenom 9600 in most benchmarks, but not by a lot and the Phenom beats the Q6600 in somes tests like some 3D Mark 06 tests anyway.
Thing is Phenom 9600 (Black edition even) can be had for $118 and the Q6600 is about $180.
That's quite a lot more bang for the buck if you ask me.
Now the Phenom 9950 is out and is still only $160. (Prices from
pricewatch.com )
Anyway, I think it's all relative. Speeds and cores have become so crazy it nearly impossible to tell what speed your computer is running at, but people still have to whip out their tally whackers and measure then with little bar graphs. :lol:
