intel's next thing is Dual Core ....... and AMD has those lined up as well. Its like every corner Intel turns , AMD is sitting with a rifle aimed at Intel's head right now.
If only intel revived the P3 architecture or maybe started a new design with P3's architecture in mind and let go of their beloved room heating prescott , they might come up with something worthwhile. Dothan and Sonoma are both nice platforms but it will be a year before those chips find decent support on the motherboard side. Anandtech proved that an overclocked Dothan is insanely fast , equivalent to an Fx55 sometimes. So if support comes from motherboard side , we will see some nice duels . But then again , Turion is around the corner too , and San Diego core is coming which is gonna be the killer of the P4 EE chips
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This just gets better and better and better . Current P4's need to be overclocked to about 4.5 ghz ( with water cooling nonetheless ) to match an FX55 in performance . A winnie or Venice at 2.7 ghz will give most of the intels a run for their money except in crunching numbers where the extra cache helps. But then again , would you just have a number cruncher or an overall better performing rig ? That is the question my friend
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