I see Athlon 64 X2 demo today at KU. It means that you have 2 machines in one. Heavy process can be run on one processor and another one is still free for another jobs. Your system doesn't lag even if one processor is 100% utilized.
The point is AMD Thailand people call it "Athlon Time Two" not "Athlon Ex Two". Quite strange and I don't think she pronouces it correctly.