[citation][nom]gxsolace[/nom]How is it rubbish? i have a dual core cpu and i'd like to know how much performance i'd get from going to Nehalem when it comes out? Seems reasonable for me and any other dual core owner.[/citation]
Because the entire point is to show how much difference there is between Nehalem and Core 2 processors, which is why they used a processor with the same clock speed, and yet, it literally tells you nothing.
You say that it tells you how much of an improvement a Nehalem will be for you and others switching from a dual core Core 2, but what if a quad core Core 2 would have made just as much or extremely close to the same difference? It does not tell you what a Nehalem gives you that you cannot get today. There is absolutely nothing you can really take away from this, because even in the event that you have one of these exact processors compared to, no one is going to have this particular Nehalem setup.
This site absolutely baffles me lately. Not that I'm ungrateful that they do tests and take the time to write about it, but on a very consistent basis, there have been glaringly obvious things wrong with the articles that totally defeat the purpose of bothering.