Blah blah blah!!
Benchmarks speaks for itself.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2795
http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2793
Now don't say Intel pays anandtech to tamper with the benchmark results
And good news for Intel fans,
Intel has announced the prices for Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme. The lowest model, Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.86GHz, 2MB L2 Cache) starts at $183!!! and even that beats the hell out of AMD X2!!
Here are the new prices
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800..........2.93GHz......4MB........$999
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700.................2.66GHz .....4MB........$530
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600.................2.40GHz .....4MB........$316
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400.................2.13GHz ......2MB.......$224
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.................1.86GHz .....2MB........$183
Intel Pentium D 945......................3.40GHz.....2MBx2.....$16 3
Intel Pentium D 915 .....................2.80GHz.....2MBx2.....$133
Intel Pentium D 820......................2.80GHz .....1MBx2.....$113
Intel Pentium D 805......................2.66GHz......1MBx2.....$9 3