bigfella, you keep posting those same benches, and keep getting told the results aren't surprising, and that they prove nothing.
All of the single threaded tests and tests which use only 2 cores, the i3 wins because it is faster clock for clock per core. Go and look at which the AMD is faster in - multi-threaded tests. It is faster in certain tasks, but only those which don't use the 955 to its full potential
In real world, there is no difference unless you spend all of your time en/decoding data, or if you spend your time compressing files. For the "average" user and for gamers, a 955 will do you well enough.
And before you say "look at the benches, the i3 is better in the games":
Fallout 3: 3 cores
L4D: if I remember correctly, 2 cores
Far Cry: 2 cores
Crysis: 2 cores
0 surprises at all.
And yes, the 2500k is the best choice, and no, the latest is still it being slated for a September/October release
