An Athlon64 running at 2.2 Ghz is a lot faster than a P4 at 2.6 Ghz, unless the application is specifically optimized for the P4 architecture. That Athlon64 also has a rating like 3200+, 3400+ or something like that. A 3200+ performs about the same as a P4 running at 3.2 Ghz for most applications. Does your AMD have 512 KB cache or 1 MB cache? 1 MB performs significantly better with Poser. Is it Socket754 or Socket939? Socket939 means dual channel DDR support, also a nice performance boost. A P4 2.6 probably has dual channel support, and probably also hyperthreading support. Hyperthreading won't speed up your machine, but it'll be more responsive when you are rendering. An Athlon64 doesn't have hyperthreading. The newest ones, Athlon64x2, are actually two CPUs on the same chip, and those are faster than anything Intel has produced yet. Don't be fooled by the raw Ghz of the CPU clock!

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