Conroe creams Athlon in Intel's black-box benchmark bakeoff

I did indeed enjoy the benchmarks. I also enjoy movies about hobbits and wizards.

Alright alright, I'm being a bit harsh. For the record, I do actually expect Intel to regain the performance crown from the Athlon with Conroe. I've said as much before here at Ars. However, those benchmarks represent a pretty dramatic butt-whuppin' across the board, and such extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Vendor-supplied black-box proof doesn't count.