Clarify this for me, please

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Probably either:

a) The A64/Phenom uses a lot more power and therefore cause the fan to speed up more compared to a C2D/C2Q. And as we know from car culture, a louder car is a faster car.

b) In games, the C2D/C2Q goes up to higher fps when in CPU limited situations and therefore the delta between CPU limited and GPU limited situations is greater on the C2D, which results in a possibly "less smooth" experience, even if the C2D/C2Q has higher maximum and minimum frame rates.

IMHO, Intel got the cart in front of the horse. Amazing horspower, but crappy drivetrain and tires. That' how I would describe it. All the parts must be at amx or you get bottlenecks (limiting factors). FSB in my opinion is like a speed governor on an auto. Sure the car can go 200+mph but the governor won't let it go past 130 mph.

A F1 car is less smooth than a mid-size sedan, but it'll still take less time to complete a lap of a track. Just like a C2D and C2Q clearly finish tasks faster or do more work in the same amount of time as compared to their AMD competition.