Well normaly Im not one to read Toms as truth sayers and neither do I trust them this time but... The normal INTEL Bias @ toms has not stoped them from reaching the same conclusion as most review sites out there. To balance it out Anandtech is slightly less positive but....
toms said:Here's the bottom line. If we had to recommend a single core processor, the choice would depend greatly on the type of applications in use. But in the dual core arena, though, there is not much that speaks for Intel: go with the Athlon 64 X2.