billobob0 said:
Yes, but the fact is, that for programs *optimized* for SMP, such as photoshop, it will outperform the intel sysyem. But for stuff like games that don't utilize a 2nd cpu, having a dually is useless.
I wouldn't say it's useless. You can take advantage of a dual CPU in many ways without specialized software, such as playing a game and ripping a dvd at the same time, distributed computing, etc.