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Originally posted by highlander
Almost every benchmark test has shown the AMD outperforms the Intel4. The AMD 64 chips have the bus speed built in. Regardless, i've changed my computer plans;
RAIDMAX Virgo "Silence" Mid-Tower Case with 420W Power Supply, Model "811PP"
ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor
Maxtor 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model 6Y120P0, OEM Drive Only
Crucial 184 Pin 1GB DDR PC-3200
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, Dual DVI, AGP 8X, Model "PVT43AND" -RETAIL
Sony 16xDVD/RW
Getting this for $850 in parts and building myself... yummy. 
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Last i knew, the p4 process 8 instructions per clock cycle. And the AMD crunches 13 instructions per clock cycle.
This is how an AMD with a lower clock rate can be faster than a P4 with a higher clock setting.
Where are you getting this stuff? Off eBay?