AMD slammed by Intel's Core 2 Extreme in tests.

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But of course you'll still pay $200+ premium for a dual-core Athlon X2 compared to a single-core Athlon. No matter how low prices get, it will never undercut the single-core. Why? Because single-core is older and is less desirable to the computing market than dual-core!

Dual-core is only good for multitaskers. Not too much gaming. If you want gaming then you're better off getting, say, Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edtion compared to a Intel Pentium D 830.

$200+ premium? The X2 3800+ is $150.

 

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$200+ premium? The X2 3800+ is $150.

So I'm assuming that the single-core Athlon is cheaper than $50?

That makes it even better of a deal.