At first, I was not sure if I wanted to complicate the review with both socket 775 and AM2 results but in the end I am very glad that I did. It is not safe to assume that a heatsink will perform as well on AM2 as it does on 775.

The quad core chips that will first replace dual cores are going to merge two dual core dies into a two-die, four-core package OR one die with four cores. Confused? We'll explain it in plain English.

According to Intel marketing, the new Core 2 Duo architecture is the wave of the future, and we have no doubt that this capable CPU design is here to stay. We take a closer look at what it offers and what's to come.

A dual core processor is exactly what it sounds like. It is two processor cores on one die essentially like having a dual processor system in one processor.