AMD's X2 3800+ does very well in the benchmarks. More importantly, it now retails at a price that the mere mortals can actually afford- about $350 currently.
At around $350, AMD's latest dual-core processor does a pretty good job of addressing our only real complaint about the X2 line—its exorbitant price. Over time, this little gem will get cheap enough to fit into those $1,000 PCs with ease. It's still a premium processor, but one you can afford.
It compares favorably with comparably priced Intel processors. It generally loses out in some synthetic tests, but we are less concerned about those as with real-word benchmarks. In those situations, the X2 3800+ usually outpaces the low-cost Pentium D chips, and in some cases, it even outperforms the very expensive, high-end dual-core Extreme Edition CPU. When it comes to gaming, AMD continues to demonstrate its unmatched dominance.
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