Currently there is no reason to upgrade to Prescott, as the gaming performance is more or less ok, but many applications report pretty poor results. On top of that, the new Intel CPU gets hot very quickly and requires a well ventilated case. The Athlon 64 3200+ is not always the clear winner in games compared to 3.2 GHz Prescott, but the 3400+ will have little trouble beating the 3.4 GHz Prescott in most benchmarks. Prescott will have to scale incredibly quickly to outperform the Athlon 64, because the latter scales excellently with clockspeed, and we definitely prefer Cool'n'Quiet over Hot'n Prescott!"
-- Ace's Hardware
With 11 extra-special all-new, "just so we can say it's faster" stages, Prescott debuted today, to pretty much the same tepid reviews that were once lauded upon another noteworthy Intel Processor, the Willamette P4.
Yup, just like the good old days of 2000 - 2001, look for 4 Prescott GHz to be about the same as 3 Northwood GHz or 3000 AMD PR-rated Duron-equivalent-MHz.
-- Hard-bitten Disappointed Harpy Analysis
