Re: AMD Vs Intel : 7-0

While the people at CNet do a fine job testing the system. They fail to
address the fact that AMD chips all have some quirk. I have spoken with a
couple of hard core gamers, and they don't like AMD because the AMD chips
suffer from personality defects.

"Jean Marc" <jean-marc.brun -at- tgcp.fr> wrote in message
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> The rounds:
>
> http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-1.html?tag=lnav
>
> I would have loved to see it written for single core CPU, as SW has no
> benefit of dual core.
>
> JM
>
>


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