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AMD Phenom II vs Intel Core i7: the full bechmark results

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AMD Phenom II vs Intel Core i7: the full bechmark results
Friday March 06, 2009
Written by Darien Graham-Smith
Tags: AMD | phenom | II | cpu | intel | i7 | motherboard
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This article appeared in the April, 2009 issue of PC Authority.
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drwarm
Mar 6, 2009 5:58 PM
 I like the bang for buck comparison, but where's the quad cores?


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