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In hardware, three may not be. You probably first heard about three-way in the graphic card department, with ATI's new Radeon CrossFire X technology, and then NVIDIA's 3-Way SLI technology. Then we found triple-core graphic cards. Now, three goes to processors, in particular, AMD.

The new Phenoms not only come in quad-core, but also triple-core, and while many have said that it's basically a quad-core with a bad core switched off, either way, it does the job by offering a mid-point between a dual-core and a quad-core. In AMD's case, since there are no dual-core Phenoms, you actually get the technology of the Phenom, but without the higher price. For budget users, this makes a great buy.

Whet your desire for the 3-core Phenoms from the link below, but do also check out out coverage on the Phenom triple core in our upcoming issue! Then start deciding!

Source : Hot Hardware