OK here's the deal. There are some people who put their lives in the hands of .NET's garbage collector and some who simply wont trust it.

I am one of those who partially trusts it, as long as it's not extremely performance critical (I know I know.. performance critical + .net not the favored combination), in which case I prefer to manually dispose of my objects and resources.

What I am asking is if there are any facts as to how efficient or inefficient performance-wise the garbage collector really is?

Please don't share any personal opinions or likely-assumptions-based-on-experience, I want unbiased facts. I also don't want any pro/con discussions because it won't answer the question.

Thanks