$599 Desktop Duel: How an AMD Triple-Core System Beats an Intel Quad on Blu-Ray Playback
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Moorhead compares two $599 PCs playing a Blu-Ray movie. One with an AMD Phenom triple-core and the other with an Intel Quad chip, and both with an integrated graphic chip. The Intel system had a much higher CPU utilisation level. And when Moorhead launched an encoding task, the Intel machine peaked at 100% utilisation, affecting the movie playback, where the AMD machine showed a 50% CPU utilisation.