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    Intel Duo Core VS AMD Athlon

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MarcG29, Jun 30, 2006.

  1. MarcG29

    MarcG29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    which one is better a core duo 1.8ghz or an athlon 1.8ghz?
     
    MarcG29, Jun 30, 2006
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    Hi,
    Core duo, and it has dual cores so it will multi task much more efficiently. For example in photoshop it can perform some tasks in almost half the time it takes on a single core processor.

    From ur thread im not sure if your referring to an athlon 64, if you are, then the athlon will have the extra feature of being a 64 bit processor, whilst the core duo is only 32 bit. However the new core 2 duo is 64 bit (if i remember correctly)
     
    gethin, Jun 30, 2006
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    who8mahrice Notebook Evangelist

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    Also note that Core Duo is more energy efficient than Athlons (at least for every chip I've looked at).
     
    who8mahrice, Jun 30, 2006
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    31337 Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    AMD Athlon will get defeated in this battle .
     
    31337, Jul 6, 2006
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    no contest
     
    glentium, Jul 6, 2006
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