I don't feel lag with IE or Firefox or anything like that on my AMD system either. It's an A64 3200+ Winchester.
I also don't feel any lag with IE or Windows Media Player or similar on the background with a 3.2ghz Celeron either(my old browsing rig). It's a moot point, and clogging of your OS is mostly responsible for 'lagging' in everyday applications.
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