When AMD unveiled the FX-51 back last September it was such an impressive part that not even Intel’s last-second, thunder-stealing Pentium 4 “Extreme Edition” could entirely counter its appearance (though it did dampen the affect a bit). The P4 EE’s additional cache gave it an impressive performance boost in quite a few scenarios, but the FX-51’s dual memory, 64-bit support, and high performance overshadowed Intel’s effort. It also helped that the FX-51 was about $300 cheaper and actually shipping (EE’s didn’t really begin showing up until December).



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