[citation][nom]ThE_BrutE[/nom]Im assuming for his sake he was looking into the future. Because well AMD didnt advance much for almost 2 years there, mean while Intel was starting up/profecting their Tic Toc method. And as for being able to run/not run apps, im clueless an x86 instruction is an x86 instruction, both AMDs and Intels chips at that time were very simular. And @Cadder I know back 2 years ago AMDs chips were slower but I noticed they muiltasked better. Now between the PII and I7 the I7 is much faser per single core app, but the speed gap deteriorates fast over multi core apps, which brings in price vs performance vs what its needed for.[/citation]
Intel has been busted for lowering performance of application that were compiled using the Intel compiler when a non-Intel CPU is detected. That is a very big reason why many applications perform slower under other x86 processors and Intel has agreed to stop the practice in it's settlement with AMD. In other words, applications compiled using Intel software artificially limit performance of non-Intel CPU's to make Intel's products look better when in reality they are not. Give it a year or two once these crippled applications are replaced with ones not crippled and we can make a true judgment on which CPU is really better over all.