FiringSquad reviews AMD's Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor
Earlier this week, AMD significantly upped the ante in their ongoing price war with Intel. Prices on AMD's entire Athlon 64 lineup were slashed; CPUs ranging from the Sempron 3000+ all the way up to the Athlon 64 FX-74 were affected. As a result of the cuts, buying a high-end dual-core CPU has never been easier on your wallet: it's like Christmas in April for CPU shoppers!
As usual with price cuts, the biggest reductions went to the fastest processors. This means you can buy a lot more CPU for your money than you could a month ago. Let's take a look at the cuts and see how they compare to Intel’s latest processors:...
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