[Swordmaker]

Some speculate that a Core 2 Duo properly implemented might come darn close to a Xeon with the FB-DIMMs.

That's strange... the Intel XEON® 51XX "Woodcrest" family of processors are the Intel Core 2 Duos... and they not only come "close" but are kicking butt against the last generation XEON® processors, the "Dempsey" 50XX line.

In head to head benchmarks, the XEON® 5150, the mid-range 2.66GHz version is 30-45% faster than the fastest "Dempsey", the 3.76GHz 5080. One reason for this is the "Woodcrests" have a 1.33GHz front side bus... while the "Dempsey" has only a 667MHz front side bus.

Intel XEON® "Woodcrest" Benchmarks v. "Dempsey" and AMD Opteron 285

[Echo Talon]

do we have to post Anand's benchmarks here?

[Echo Talon]

If your counting..
MOST FB-DIMM 667 CAS 5-5-5-12
G.SKILL DDR 1066 CAS 4-4-4-5
LOWER TIMINGS ARE FASTER(latency)