Sorry for double posting , but I've just stumbled across a nice review from Hexus.
http://www.hexus.co.uk/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDA3JnVybF9wYWdlPTU=
Page 1, the FX-55 "rules the roost". Not even having 1MB less of L2 cache can stop it. And in the second test, the 'amazing' 3.73 EE was beaten by the not so amazing P4 570J. "For the unbeatable AMD64 processors."
http://www.hexus.co.uk/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDA3JnVybF9wYWdlPTY=
Page 2, and the P4 EE wins on the first test. In fact, it takes 1st and 2nd. But if you look again, the slower 3.46GHz old EE beats the new 3.73GHz EE. Also, like Hexus says, the application is biased in P4's favour thanks to the code, so if P4s didn't win there would be something wrong with the application. In the MP3 coding, the 3.73 EE is beaten by the older EE and the 570J. In Cinebench again the new EE is thrashed by the older version. Things are not looking good. Finally though, in the last test, the P4 3.73 EE gets it's own back and beats the 3.46, but still doesn't manage to beat the FX-55.
And the reviewers final thoughts?
"A 3400+ Athlon 64 will have a lot of fun smacking a 630 around too (and even the faster 540J). Extrapolate anywhere between 3400+ and 4000+ as you compare to P4 and you can see what I mean.
The Extreme Edition CPUs remain a pointless exercise for Intel. A 570J will best a 3.73GHz Extreme Edition in more than a few tests, just on that 66MHz. For $999, does anyone really care any more? Get an FX-55 if you're that rich, and give the change from a grand to me as thanks."
So it seems the new EE isn't all you've made it uo to be!
http://www.hexus.co.uk/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDA3JnVybF9wYWdlPTU=
Page 1, the FX-55 "rules the roost". Not even having 1MB less of L2 cache can stop it. And in the second test, the 'amazing' 3.73 EE was beaten by the not so amazing P4 570J. "For the unbeatable AMD64 processors."
http://www.hexus.co.uk/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMDA3JnVybF9wYWdlPTY=
Page 2, and the P4 EE wins on the first test. In fact, it takes 1st and 2nd. But if you look again, the slower 3.46GHz old EE beats the new 3.73GHz EE. Also, like Hexus says, the application is biased in P4's favour thanks to the code, so if P4s didn't win there would be something wrong with the application. In the MP3 coding, the 3.73 EE is beaten by the older EE and the 570J. In Cinebench again the new EE is thrashed by the older version. Things are not looking good. Finally though, in the last test, the P4 3.73 EE gets it's own back and beats the 3.46, but still doesn't manage to beat the FX-55.
And the reviewers final thoughts?
"A 3400+ Athlon 64 will have a lot of fun smacking a 630 around too (and even the faster 540J). Extrapolate anywhere between 3400+ and 4000+ as you compare to P4 and you can see what I mean.
The Extreme Edition CPUs remain a pointless exercise for Intel. A 570J will best a 3.73GHz Extreme Edition in more than a few tests, just on that 66MHz. For $999, does anyone really care any more? Get an FX-55 if you're that rich, and give the change from a grand to me as thanks."
So it seems the new EE isn't all you've made it uo to be!