[Ringwraith]

that was the past speedy, intel p3s had a very good core design...thereby very low heat emmisions...true that the amd duron/polamino/thoroughbred cores could get very hot unless given proper cooling
perhaps u ought to know that a P3 and a P4 running at the same clock frequency, a P3 outperforms a P4 considerably.
on the other hand with amd switching to the 90mm technology, its got an edge with its athlon 64 lineup...
Amd 64 3000+ is a lot cooler than a P4 3.0