[kmike]

FYI, Anand has posted an update which covers most of these issues:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2716
The scores didn't change much, except for the F.E.A.R, but it was Anand's fault - he tested the systems at the different settings. So F.E.A.R. scores are more in line with the other results in the update.

I suspect it's not enough to convince you that Intel didn't play dirty there, since even the abovementioned independent results from the leaked sample didn't do. The point is, the tests gained a lot of publicity for Intel, as was intended, and for a good reason. You can shrug them off, but the fact stands - Intel is already moving, and AMD is not. I really hope it didn't fell on deaf ears at AMD, since the placid days of reaping the fruits of its K8 architecture are already numbered. I find it alarming that there're still almost no information apart from speculations about AMD's new architecture - K9 or whatever it was called.

Putting fanboyism aside, the CPU competition is better for us customers, so I'm looking forward for Conroe (and an accompanied AMD price drop )