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I'd just like to say that while I totally disagree with HardOCP's conclusions, I think it's important to have at least one article of this type. Gamers should understand that anything above a midrange CPU typically won't get you much gaming performance. It's also important that people notice that the framerate graphs at that high resolution were spot-on for basically every game.
That said, what lower-resolution game benchmarks do tell you about a CPU is how long it will last. After all, as newer games come out, they will demand more and more processing power to run at acceptable framerates. So you're certainly not buying nothing when you purchase a higher-performing CPU: you're buying longevity.
And, of course, there are other applications where CPU power is much more important, such as media encoding.
P.S. I'm still rooting for AMD. Intel's got this round, it seems, but I'm sincerely hoping for a quick turnaround.
