AMD Athlon 64 X2 Preview @ Hard|OCP

“A look at what AMD’s new dual core 4800+ processor is going to bring to your computing table. We directly compare and contrast it with Intel’s dual core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 in our basic benchmarks and real world heavy duty multitasking.

The Athlon X2 is specifically built for a more involved computer user, one that heavily multitasks or uses their computer for digital content creation such as video editing. This is the same marketing strategy we saw Intel use at their dual core processor launch, but I think that AMD has done a better job at defining the segment with less confusing marketing. What you will find on the following pages though, is that AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 fully blurs segment lines with its solid gaming performance. In fact, if you are a gamer that would truly like to multitask, this may the first time you have ever had that option.”

They give it the usual run of benchmarks and tests, so definitely check it out here.