hrm, good question on my part

[jimkonow]

why was it that, up until core2duo, AMD processors were better for gaming? it makes no sense to me at all, because they generally have less cache, and as far as i know, P4's are better than celerons because they have more cache...so why is it that amd was better than intel?

 

[PohTayToez]

AMD had better architecture prior to the Core 2's, meaning that an AMD with a slower clock speed still out performed an Intel with a fast clock speed. Now Intel has completely different architecture, combined with dual or even quad cores, making it better than AMD.

 

[joeswm8]

its also about how the CPUs are made like tomatoes said. it can have the same specs, but be made in a way that makes it more efficient. thats how it used to be, now the game has changed

 

[jimkonow]

im still not getting how it was architectured differently, and im pondering why i have an Athlon XP 2800+ that outperforms a PentiumD 9xx that my friend has...by the way, the XP is another machine of mine, i have 2, that and the one in my sig.