The Gigahertz Battle: How Do Today’s CPUs Stack Up?
Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
March 26, 2007 06:47
AMD’s Athlon 64 family used to dominate the processor market. This reign ended when Intel introduced its Core 2 Duo processor in the middle of 2006. It ended painfully for AMD, because the Core 2 Duo processors are faster, more efficient and more overclockable than Athlon 64 X2 processors. But AMD CPUs should still be taken into consideration, because recent pricing adjustments have helped to make them an attractive buy.