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Old 09-01-2009, 06:53 PM   #3
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No real difference in quality. AMD has lost the performance and heat crown to Intel in recent years, and while AMD is improving lately the Intel is probably a better bet for better performance overall.

If you heavily do things like video encoding, Photoshop, or other things that can leverage the additional 2 processors of the Phenom then the AMD might be a better buy, but it would have to be pretty significant.
Thanks Photon. Exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Much appreciated.
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