I (3dsmax user mainly) did thorough reruns of the Max and XSI Benchmarks mentioned in the title, because of the impression i had of the original scenesetup to be totally unbalanced. It showed some interesting details about different areas in the results.
You might have a look on my thread on the Max forum
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=6&t=693979
If you are interested and want to discuss the results or bring in some inside knowledge points of a XSI pro, please post your opinions or whatever please
Again: this is NO APP FIGHTING THREAD !