I seem to remember suggesting AMD were a great upgrade path because the 6 cores would replace quad cores in pricing in general. IE there would be a £150 hex core.
IT would seem that the latest info puts the highest hex core at 3.2Ghz stock, 125W, 3.6Ghz in "turbo" mode for a single thread. Frankly 125W over 6 cores gives you less power per area than a quad thats 125W. These should actually run a bit cooler and overclock very well.
Its pretty stunning that they've got it to 125W at over 3Ghz, still on the same process, infact its pretty damn amazing. Theres a reason Glofo are seen by many as the best fab company in the world(and AMD before them). The yields AMD has had to always have to compete with Intel, considering their low number of fabs and no where near enough cash to build a new one, also translates to very high quality production. THe limitations of their money and capacity made them work that much harder. While Intel with their eleventy billion fabs never really had to work that hard as they don't need to run every fab at max capacity or increase yields massively.
THe most interesting thing will be the quad cores with 2 cores disabled, if they can unlock on those 890gx boards that have had the extra unlocking function added you could be looking at £110-130 hex cores that will probably hit 4Ghz +.
Really the fact they haven't massively dropped clocks and are staying in the value pricing range means a AMD hexcore really is going to offer huge bang for your bucks. Though in reality if you only game a bit the hexcores and £150+ chips won't really offer you any improvement, till a year or two away. AT which point Bulldozer, Intels next gen and several gen's of new cards will be out.
Intel won't be releasing anything new, they've stated pretty much this is the only hexcore they'll do, they knew EXACTLY what AMD was getting ready to release, they knew AMD were going to make some available under £200, this isn't a surprise to them. LIkely 32nm is simply not fantastic in terms of yields yet for parts the size of a hex core, so it won't be viable to make lots and sell them at sub £200. AMD is using an incredibly high yield 45nm process to make theirs, not a utterly brand spanking new lower yield process.
Intel's hexcore is essentially a test product, something high end to practice and improve yields on so they've got yields nice and high and learned a few tricks before they start producing bigger and more expensive next gen cores at 32nm.
