NIIIICE http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/i [...] spx?i=3326

Awesome, Well found!

All I have to say now is, ROLL ON APRIL 2009 PRICE CUTS!

Keep in mind, these were all done using a faulty mobo/components on a not yet fully tuned chip, not enabling everything that this chip can do. Im thinking a 40% bump overall > than Penryn

Yip, looks like Intel will be delivering on that 30-80% increase.

What i find most impressive is the way they passed AMD who had a multiple-year headstart with it's on-die memory controller.
I'm curious to see how AMD will catch up with that, if they can catch up at all.

Are we expecting a major price drop on LGA775 when Nehalem is released?

I'm tight!

I know what I want for Christmas!

Im afraid were stuck with Intel as being its own competitor. How well this plays out in the future? Who knows?

^ Seriously if Intel goes any faster there will be no AMD. I think AMD should combine with nvidia and VIA to become a super-company! then Intel shall have some trouble...

four cores, at minimal power consumption! (but alas we have an experience index of 1...) I wanna ditch my Athlon!!!

I hope so since even a slow clocked Nehalem will destroy anything quad-like. The other possibility is, that prices remain as they are and a Nehalem will, once released, cost an arm and a leg... and then some.

Then again, given the prices of DDR3, intel has to make the platform itself attractive and affordable. So maybe we really see some dropping prices.

edit: Wow, instead of editing my previous post i obviously hit the reply button. I'm really turning into a posterboy for Post-whoring.

Nehalem pricing will be steepr than weve seen lately, unless you buy the non oc version, which will still be costly. I think Intels deciding whats good for us, mentoring us, so we realize how good we have it.

Up to 40% improvement over Penryn... on a crippled mobo....

LGA Seven Seven Who!?!?!

We should get together and start a vasoline saving fund to help a certain processor company in its darkest hour...

Update: I've decided that if need be I'll administer the fund...

Just be prepared to spend some money. The better versions of these are going to cost. One thing I do see as a deterrent is, itll raise the lowend cost across the board.

is it me, or the title of this post kinda reminds me of the title of a porn movie...

Well, when i'm done buying and assembling a complete Phenom platform somewhere in 2009, i will sponsor the change i get back from the 100$ i planned to invest on it. Should be roughly 60$+ for the fund.

Thanks man. $60... Hmmm well now its not much but its a great start.

Nehalem looks awesome.
I guess it will be priced in the "skulltrail region" for early adopters.

I think by 2015 we'll have CPUs the price of a small city car, AMD will be history and NVIDIA will be in AMDs current position in the graphics market.

Intel world domination is next.

OK fine. Its an AMD/ATI/NVidia fund then...