The two real giants of the CPU industry.

The odds are that you computer has a CPU manufactured by one of these two companies. I’m sure you are all familiar with the ‘Intel inside’ logo and the related advertising campaign.

Although both of these companies will try to persuade you that their product is the best there is really very little to choose between them. As each releases a new, faster, more capable processor and becomes the best it is inevitable that their competitor will, within a few short month, release something even better. So we have a situation where they continue to leapfrog each other.

The ‘best CPU for you is the one that satisfies your computing needs the best. It is this that will dominate your choice of CPU.

This series of articles will not be concentrating on the CPU manufacturers until we reach overclocking where it will matter. For the most part, the series we will be concentrating on Windows (XP to be specific).