i7 is 0-30% faster clock for clock.
You're right, but the absence of fsb is not why they clock faster under the right condition, aka turbo.
(11-25-2009, 09:54 AM)Khentix Wrote: To answer your question, i7's are simply a smarter chip than C2D's. Are they faster? depends on what you're doing. The absense of FSB allows i7's to clock themselves faster when needed, on the fly; so theoretically if your cooling is sufficient, it should provide a pretty significant boost over a C2D.
You're right, but the absence of fsb is not why they clock faster under the right condition, aka turbo.