I guess amd are assuming that the 31 fps is 100%, then the intel is 19 fps which when worked out is roughly 63% difference.

The simple maths is 31 / 100 = 0.31
63 * 0.31 = 19.53

That is where they get their figures from.

Where's the nVidia graphic chipset results? Did they kick AMD/ATI's butt so they were excluded from the comparison? Why did they use an E5200 when E7200+ has a higher FSB speed? Wouldn't this have an effect on FPS?

Is this AM2 or AM3?

"AMD shows its platform running World of Warcraft at 31 frames per second at 1280x1024, whilst Intel's Pentium E5200 + G41 only manages a paltry 19 frames a second, some 63 per cent slower."

What???? You better stick to your day job, and leave the math to somebody else! LOL

Either that or use a calculator with your spell checker. Course you have to know how to USE the calculator..... well never mind!!!

We get the point...... the AMD is faster... 31 frames is playable.... 19 is not!

Hybrid Crossfire is equivalent to NVIDIA's GeForce Boost and NOT Hybrid SLI. It links onboard and discrete video card for improved performance. ATI currently cannot disable discrete video cards to run only onboard.

http://ati.amd.com/technology/hybridgraphics/index.html

With a retail of only 79, you will likely see several boards running as low as $50 pretty quickly. Also I do not see the 7000 on NewEgg, but they do have the Athlon X2 6000 for $76 for the retail version (free shipping). This board though is targetted more towards the budget market like the Athlon X2 BE-2300 1.9GHz for $30. You could build a whole system for under $200 easy.

AMD could help the channel by lowering the tri/quad core entry point further

Granted the CPU's are not expensive but they are unattractive to buy as a package.

here we have 5 sku all within the same price bracket (£100 - £140)

on a new system build £40 is the difference between a X3 8750 and a X4 9950

the 9950 can't cost more or it will be uncompetitively priced with intel's equivelant CPU's.

a quadcore for ~£75 if AMD could make them, would sell like hotcakes (they have 1 X3 ~that price the 8450)

It is:
AMD is 63% faster (than Intel)
or
Intel is 39% slower (than AMD)