{"id":309,"date":"2008-02-26T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T21:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=309"},"modified":"2008-02-26T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T21:23:46","slug":"pc-pitstop-processor-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/pc-pitstop-processor-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Pitstop Processor Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/posts\/intelamd.jpg\" class=\"postimage\" alt=\"*\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe initial analysis of our February 2008 Processor Survey results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/research\/surveys\/processor_most.jpg\"><br \/>\n <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/research\/surveys\/processor_clock.jpg\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/research\/surveys\/process_expensive.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><b>75.6% of those who say they currently use an Intel processor &#8211; consider AMD to be less 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