I wouldn't diss the Q6600. How many times has it stomped numerous AMD CPU's? Yeah, better not try to dig up benches, it will hurt a lot of feelings here =). I am looking forward to the Deneb as well as AMD really needs to get back into the game. Btw, majorbabu, that's a very piss poor argument man lol. If a company has to constantly innovate over & over to keep up with the competition, that's not saying anything good about that company in question. LGA 775 has been around for a long time. It took FOUR different sockets for AMD to get where they are now that is within the lifespan of the LGA775. While I do agree that the backwards compatibility of some boards has worked in there favor somewhat, one would have to wonder how pissed board manufacturers have to be with AMD. They keep changing there sockets! =P
AMD is in the game, its people like you who don't believe it. Who really gives a shit about a few hundred imaginary benchmark points or whatever the hell the difference is between Intel Quads and AMD Quads. Ill tell you who. About 5% of the population who actually do things that benefit from tiny increases. Not grandma playing solitaire or bob playing his FPS.