thunder wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:35:47 -0500, John H. wrote:


I defer to your expertise. But why go with a cheap AMD?

AMD is no longer the "cheap" chip, and hasn't been for several years. Using benchmarks, AMD
has given Intel a run for the money. It seems, lately, the speed lead has been switching back
and forth, with every new generation of chip.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html

Sort of like Cameras. For years Canon had a slight edge over Nikon.
Today (especially with the D300 and D3 coming out) Nikon has the slight
edge over Canon.

Gamers have preferred AMD for a long time, but I think part of that is
they could tweak and overclock AMD better than Intel.