intel is getting further and further ahead ever day they are now making the best bang for you buck processors intel core 2 duo 3.0Ghz $200 :biggrin: I love intel

I don't think, AMD will be able to come back again.With the launch of C2Ds, AMD has lot their shares,popularity & sells which they have gained from the time of Thunderbird,Athlon XPs or Athlon 64s.But, now it's Intel's time to dominate & that's not gonna change anytime soon. ;)

AMD processors aren't what they used to be. Intel chips are just too good and their prices are pretty sweet. I don't think you can go wrong with a C2D for $200 or just a tiny bit more than that for a quad

Boy, I remember using my Athlon XP, laughing at all the people buying the Pentium 4s. :D

Then came the AMD 64s, that still kept them ahead.

Core 2 Duo really changed everything!

I went with a 6400+ BE a few months ago because for some odd reason I don't like Intel & nVidia. I really wish I hadn't been so myopic.

I saw my one friend's C2D with dual-SLI and my other buddy's Watercooled C2Q with Tri-SLI in action and have been kicking myself ever since. Meh.

I'd like to see AMD pick up some slack, but it seems they got behind themselves, and lost a bit of the ground they'd gained during the AXP days and early days of the A64. Phenom seems too little too late.

Intel sure has made a phenomenal come back since the Pentium 4 (the infamous space heater of a processor). AMD still has a sizable market share, with Steam user surveys showing still a strong turnout of AMDs. Also AMD has a 12 core proc in the works (read here) and they should be cranking out on 45 nm soon (late this year). They are trying their best to even the gap.

it dismays me that they're repackaging defective Quad Core Procs as three core parts - 7beauties

This is done because manufacturing at even the 65nm level most of your costs come from the initial construction of the fab and then defective chips. Allowing one of the 4 chips to be defective, but telling people, will cut AMDs costs (and thus yours) significantly, it's not a bad move. It basically allows one mistake on a chip where even a few atoms out of place will ruin it. Helps out.

Agreed, I like AMD products, but Intel did a great job with the Core2. I'm hopeful that AMD will be able to put out a product soon that will compete with Intel.

I agree, my old AXP and A64 were great processors, too bad like many others, I've moved on to a core 2 quad

AMD will be releasing their Socket AM3 soon that should compete with Intel. It will have DDR3 support and some other extremely nice features. Personally, I cant wait. Nitro will be testing it as soon as we can get our hands on it.