It was a weekend of marvelous events with the sudden appearance of complete Nehalem benchmarks. The numbers are arriving ahead of schedule, but nobody ever said that was a bad thing. Make sure you brush up on your Nehalem skills before entering the fray.

Take a peep at the following sites to grab a scoop:

• RegHardware tosses up a look at the architecture, and then benchmarks the hell out of it. The goods start on page 6.
• ArsTechnica takes a more explanatory approach. Their figures are forthcoming, but Ars provides a solid analysis of the platform.
• PCWorld was the first to the party when their magazine scans appeared onine all over the world.
• APCMag rounds out the show with another look at the architecture and its performance.

One word: Fast.