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Re: you were expecting significant performance improvements in the desktop parts *beyond* the memory controller and change to DDR2 and *beyond* the additional frequency steps that Rev F and SiGe will help provide?

I think most people were expecting AMD to increase IPC by 10% or more with the bandwidth from DDR2. I'll see if I can dig up any past posts. But my point here is that DDR2 shouldn't give any significant improvements (maybe 0-10%, once the memory controller is "fixed"), and I don't expect more than a new speed grade from SiGe (2.6GHz dual core for mainstream and 2.8GHz "special edition"). So while Intel has a number of new cores coming with interesting performance prospects, AMD may not see more than 15% for the entire year, including both frequency and socket AM2 prospects.

And I suppose you disagree with this assessment?