Intel Pentium D 940

"AMD’s Athlon64 X2 processors are still a superior product, that’s somewhat hard to argue against at this point. However, Intel has worked to address all of the major qualms we had with this processor lineup, and have delivered a far better product this time around. With a few clock speed bursts thrown in over the next few months, the Pentium-D 900 should have enough firepower to hold the fort until Intel’s white knight (Merom) rides into view later this year."

"The Intel Pentium D 940 is the ideal processor for a Socket 775 user who's looking to upgrade. The 2MB L2 cache gives it a performance boost over the Pentium D 800-series, and the smaller 65nm manufacturing process means less noise and heat to deal with. If you're looking to assemble a completely new system, you might want to sidestep the Intel Pentium D 940 chip completely and get yourself a next generation 'Conroe' based Intel Core2 Duo E6000-series processor instead (it's a 1066MHz FSB bus, so your motherboard will need to support it). In any case, the Intel Pentium D 940 is a step in the right direction for Intel."