810 has less cache, and AMD said 6mb was the minimum for adequate performance (according to Anandtech). The whole reason the Phenom 2MB chips underperformed was because it was cache starved...so they cut it from 6 to 4 and call it an 810? Not so sure if that's a good buy.
I don't care if a platform is "dead". This person most likely won't be doing any upgrading until the next platform is out anyway. What matters is what the best buy is right now.
Appreciate the input. So far, more votes are going toward the 710/720 over the Intels, even if the Intels will be seeing upwards of 4Ghz and will outperform clock per clock. The variable for success will be whether or not the 3rd core will be useful.
Let's say you don't use any apps that will utilize that core, but you do multi-task a lot. Does Windows delegate well enough to give a 3/4 core chip a proper workout so you really get the benefit over a 1/2 core chip?
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