Fw: AMD's Phenom X3 8000 Series: Fighting Two Cores with Three?

URL: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3293
AMD is introducing the first triple-core x86 processors as a part of
its quick and dirty strategy to remain competitive with Intel's
dual-core CPUs. Despite having more cores than the competition at the
same price point, AMD's clock speeds aren't high enough to make the
Phenom X3 a serious threat to Intel. The real threat these days
actually comes from ATI...

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