Quote: Originally Posted by Anandtech If you were looking for a changing of the guard today it's just not going to happen. Phenom is, clock for clock, slower than Core 2 and the chips aren't yet yielding well enough to boost clock speeds above what Intel is capable of. While AMD just introduced its first 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz quad-core CPUs today, Intel previewed its first 3.2GHz quad-core chips. We were expecting Intel to retain the high end performance crown, but also expected AMD to chip away at the lower end of the quad-core market - today's launch confirms that Intel is still the king of the quad-core market.

AnandTech: AMD's Phenom Unveiled: A Somber Farewell to K8

Phenom 9700, AMD's 1st Quad-Core CPU | Tom's Hardware

Not really surprising, but it isn't all bad news. The Phenom is still a decent improvement over K8 and it has a few things that Intel could learn from, such as the Overdrive utility that allows all your BIOS adjustments to be made in Windows. There are some fairly encouraging gaming and media encoding results too.