BAD HARDWARE WEEK

We had a chance to down clock Phenom 9700 to 2.2GHz and check some scores of the Phenom 9500. We set the multiplier to 11 and checked the 3Dmark06 score.
We scored 9381 marks and Sanjin of Fudzilla scored 9511 with Intel Core 2 Duo 6800 at 3GHz.

Sort of handicap or what? On the other side, isn't finally time came to compare the same priced product.?
In my opinion, 3DMark06 is pretty indicative.
Perhaps availability is the main future criteria. We are sick of paper dragons. Or paper birds.