Well, AMD are almost better in everything, even in encoding (Dual-Core), Intels are not good for anything. The only reason they are still making money is b/c Dell/HP/Gateway use them and buy the chips by the train load. The more educated the user is, the more AMD chips will sell. In almost EVERY benchmark ,save a few, Intel has gotten owned, and it makes me sick and very Sad, almost ashamed, b/c Intel charges 2-3X as much for CRAP. You DONT want a intel, any reason a Intel lover could give you for bying that crappage I could refute faster then you could say some Fairchild Defectors 0\/\/N and some teh sux0rs...
Oh and the rateing system kinda works but a 3000+ AMD 64 beat a Intel something or other @ 3.8ghz. in gaming benchmarks. Now thats funked up!
note: 3000+ AMD 64 = $146.00
>>>>>3.8Ghz intel = $643 - $911