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Wbmw, I've seen the Anand review a couple of times yes. I'm not so sure as you are that it'll represent an accurate picture of Conroe's performance vs. 90nm rev F.

1. Anand used an early (dec) sample that was said to have a sub-par mem contr.
2. We haven't seen *any* Conroe vs. Rev F review.

Yes Intel gave performance estimates both in general terms and more specific ones, and yes Intel shows some confidence in showing off Conroe vs rev E, and yes Intel gave a nice summary of the technical advances in cache and computing units. But all in all there's not sufficient information for me to be able to have a solid picture of the extent of Conroe's performance advantages over 90nm rev F (let alone 65nm shrink of rev F).

I was hoping Chipguy could have been a bit more specific as he has the background to form a better idea than me. If he feels he can't do that just yet I think there's not much hope for most posters here (including me) to get a solid picture.

Regards,

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