School me on quad core processors v build me a rig

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http://www.overclockers.com/tips01164/

SLOW is defined as being NOT AS FAST as Intel’s…

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Dude…are you serious??

Here is what Intel has at around the same time that Barcelona (That’s the codename for the Quad Core AMD, Marcus)…

http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/hwdb.php?tid=837360&tp=Intel-Penryn-Preview&rid=837360

The AMD Quad Cores are suppose to theoretically out perform the Xeon processor line…wait until it’s released later this year. Clock speed is irrelevant at this point. Multi-core processing it where technology is headed. Intel even had talks to produce a processor with 64 cores by 2009