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Maybe I misremember, but the CPU I used was an Athlon 64 FX-62 I think and was around the time the Core2Duo was coming out. I wasn't quite a 2003 adopter so the

• adrian_b 2y ago
  Then you probably remember right, because Athlon 64 FX-62 was launched in May 2006, only a month before Core 2 Duo. At launch, Athlon 64 FX-62 was still much better than any Intel CPU, but only one month later it became obsolete. The launch of Core 2 has been one of the greatest come backs of any company and it has started a time interval of more than a decade during which Intel has remained unchallenged, until the launch of AMD Zen. You have just chosen one of the worst possible moments in which to buy an AMD CPU, when it must have had an inflated price, after a couple of years of total domination over Intel. At least later, after it became obvious that Core 2 is better, AMD had to lower their prices accordingly, so you could still get a good deal.