Quote Originally Posted by hargen View Post
I have to agree that "AMD will need to increase the frequency substantially to keep competitive with Intel on the desktop", because single-thread or two-thread performance will rule the desktop in future 20 months.
Depends on the application. For the average desktop user, Quad Core is overkill. Browsing the web, spreadsheets and word-processing don't require anything other than duel core.

For a gamer, quad core will rule the roost. All of the latest game coming out in the next 20 months will take advantage of multiple cores.

I've no doubt a 2.6-3.0ghz Phenom will be competitive with equally priced Intels but I very much doubt we will see a AMD take the performance crown for a long time to come.


Speaking of the Phenom. Are any of these chips actual Duel cores or are they all Quads but with two core disabled?