[citation][nom]ozzy702[/nom]^ This. It needs to run at 5.5-6ghz to come close to SB in per core speed. In five years when all the software is written to utilize 8 threads it'll do just fine, until then it's a flop flop flop.[/citation]
not just threads, the things that make the bulldozer look bad is the applications that are still single core, much less thread.
[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]This AGAIN? Why, then, 8-threaded i7-2600 outperforms it? Somehow Win7 CAN place all the threads in Intel's case.[/citation]
windows 7 was made ground up to support threads in the i processors. wait till win 8 to judge bulldozer fully there.