Despite you didnt elaborate (or even know) about the technical advantage of core i7 and QPI, how you can be surely assured that the 'new QPI technology surely beat AMD (with its HyperTransport)?
Core 2 Extreme is at its own class, different class, with massive transistor count and cache and also will cost you a bomb, I assumed no one would be able to afford.
AMD had been using HyperTransport, while Intel used Front Side Bus (FSB). The FSB bottlenecks pc performance, that is why Intel come up with QPI.
HyperTransport is NOT a new tech, FYI it is dated a long ago, in fact from the Athlon family (attention please:Athlon family, not Phenom). HyperTranport link of 3200MHz is equals to 6.4GT/s, the same like the Core i7. Then, Phenom II 940 (by only using DDR2 and AM2+ socket) will be surely capable of reaching transfers greater than Core i7 as its HyperTransport link is '3600MHz'
Thats the explanation why AMD is currently holding the world record for highest 3DMark score of 45k..
Dont stop yet, wait for this April, Phenom II (with DDR3, socket AM3 and HT link of 4000MHz, then there will be true competition for Core i7..
By the way,
Intel copied AMD HyperTransport technology in QPI (the memory controller on the same package with the processor with addition of point to point interconnects). Even my old Athlon X2 5200+ had that, QPI clearly copied AMD technology.
Though, ATi is an AMD company, wonder why its been making huge profits
Dont underestimate AMD processor or condemning AMD users, unless you know the 'basic' technologies of connection and interconnection, not only the processor brand.
AMD fan? Maybe you should reconsider that statement.....
Way to go AMD