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AMD duel core or one of the new Intel duel cores????
divemaster127:
Hey guys I have been running AMD for years & I have a 3800 dual core right now AMD, I have been kicking around doing a upgrade to a AMD 4600 dual core, but I have been hearing the new Intel dual cores are just kicking the crud out of AMD, is this true just looking for some opinions
thanks
dm
torez:
Yes, it is true. AMD has some new chips on the horizon, but there are no benchmarks yet. I'm waiting with new mobo purchase (for my main comp) until wireless USB technology will be applied sometimes first half of next year.
hnugz:
my e6400 smokes the competition. if you are buying now it makes no sense to go amd.
ahofle:
This seems like one of the few times I can remember where one brand of chip is so far superior to the other. Normally the competitor at least wins in a few benchmarks, but the core 2 duo is pretty much the undisputed winner at the moment.
krick:
Yeah, Core 2 Duo (Conroe) is the way to go at the moment.
I knew AMD was in trouble when my Pentium M 730 @ 2.7GHz was beating my AMD Opteron 148 @ 2.8GHz in everything except really floating point intensive benchmarks (and generating a lot less heat while doing it).
I figured all that Intel had to do was make a dual core Pentium M with good floating point performance and they'd be king of the hill. It appears that's what they did with the Core 2 Duo.
I'm really curious to see how the single core "Conroe-L" chips turn out. I'm guessing they'll be even better overclockers because they will have a smaller die and will generate less heat and electrical "noise". *wrings hands in anticipation*