All benchmarks and tests I've checked - including my own "how fast does it build" - show that the AMD AM2+ architecture can deliver, and the Intel Core2 Duo does. I am a hardcore fan of the AMD Opteron line, and for a while they did provide better memory throughput. The new Intel stuff kicks AMD's current ass, though, and there is a reason many PC tuning geeks abandoned AMD. ´ I still hope for AMD that they can reap the investments into their new architecture, time will tell. For now, AMD might be the economic choice (still better than everything Celeron), but if you can afford it I have to say - sadly - go for Intel.
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