I know single core is dead but I remember when an FX-55 was pretty good and this should be as good or better. I want to build a budget box that can run DX9 games at 1680 x 1050 with a good bit of eye candy turned on. I really don't want to overclock so I'm thinking this must be one of the best gaming CPUs around for the price. Paired with an upper mid-range last generation card (maybe a 1950PRO) this thing should rock! I've had trouble finding any benchmarks for it though. It hasn't been out long and I guess a lot of sites don't even bother to bench single-core chips anymore. Can anybody tell me anything about this chip?