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INTEL QX6700 has a 1066MHz FSB.

 AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 2.80GHz / 2MB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket AM2 / Dual-Core (Windsor)  

But what does this mean? On the Intel chip is it 1066 per each or for the entire CPU? Likewise on the AMD.

I want to again raise the issue that in our Poser benchmarks, FSB counted for A LOT. 

I see no way, however, to get the price down with AMD. 2x$720 plus extra cooling, extra power supply and perhaps the dual socket motherboard is more expensive. Compare that to the QX6700, INTEL path has to be less expensive.

per the thought of rcr62 above, just a single Dual core might be speed enough to get going.

Perhaps you could build two complete AMD computers, each with two threads, for a better price than any 4-thread solution at this time, and get the highest render speeds for Poser. That gives you better flexibility, too.

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