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Equivalent machine to a AMD config

i have an AMD system for buying consideration. I would like to know what Intel machine would given me similar performance if rest of the things (memory, hdd...) are kept equal.

Configuration under consideration is

Asus A7M266-D dual processor motherboard
2 AMD MP CPUs running at 1 GHz each

Motherboard info can be located at
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7m266-d/overview.htm

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it may seem like a silly question.
but clockspeed may not be an exact benchmark in most cases. personally i have tried AMD only when they had AMD386x in the market. after that not used an amd for anytime for a considerable period where i can judge the quoted and noted performance.
thats y the question came up. meanwhile they had different arguments in the print/news about the clockspeed offerred and equivalent peformance (PR in case of cyrix) and i prefferred to be an intel loyalist by situation

another reason for this consideration is the deal i am planning to do.
in my country, a simple motherboard costs around 4000(INR). and a 1gig (intel) cpu will cost me around 8000 (INR) each.
considering a multiprocessor cpu to be costly, i can make it up to 7000 (INR).
so a new deal should cost me around 7000+8000+8000 = 23000 INR.
same deal is being qouted at 20000 INR for secondhand pieces.

amds are know to have lesser price than intel always here.

so i just wanted to work out which intel configuration (smae in terms of performance) i would be getting.
knowing this i would be in a good position to bargain the deal.

and yes, the marketing difference which u have mentioned also made me put this up...

thanks for your interest so far...
Indeed, but YOU said:

"...if rest of the things (memory, hdd...) are kept equal."



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AMD 1800 runs at around 1.5Ghz and is roughly as fast as a P4-1.8GHz or P3-1.5GHz  (yes, P4s are slower than P3s for the same clock speed).
thanks all