Attached Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050509/cual_core_athlon-20.html

following up on my post with a few new tests between amd/intel and their respective dual core solutions, as you can see, not going the amd route when going dual core is a bad decision. this is another great preview, includes p D aswell, check out both articles since they cover everything including both performance and quality (power consumption, heat). http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2410