Remember the competition from AMD/ATI isn't over yet. It's just beginning. Let me illustrate a few advantages in that camp.

CF (even quad and beyond) works just fine over the PCI-E bridge. No extra chips to cause trouble.
CF works with dual screens. No need to buy a Quadro to get both SLI and dual screen support.
CF quad (dual 4870x2) is likely to be the fastest graphics out there.
CF support DX 10.1 and probably will support 11 next year as well.
Intel isn't going to cripple CF. Never has, never will. So you know as long as ATI supports it, it will work. And that means less finger pointing when things don't work.
SLI may or may not work with the bridge chip at Nvidia's option. (ref the current 280 SLI NOT working on Skulltrail)
ATI is ready to go ray tracing and support Havok. So it seems they are on good terms with Intel now and into the future.
ATI doesn't charge you 30/50 or any $$ extra for making CF available.
ATI was the first to produce a board supporting displayport - meaning they are ready for now and later.


Now I just need to know the ATI equivalent of EVGA