Quote Originally Posted by [XC] Kayin View Post
Honestly, in the real world, where most of us use our computers from day to day, SuperPi means ****-all. Barcelona and Phenom mean two things-continued AM2 socket support/Socket F support and a more competitive quadcore market. At the end of the day, the average user will pick the cheaper of the two, which is likely to be AMD, and the power user will most likely pick whatever is faster at the time, which is God knows what right now, with the BIOS workarounds and such...

I'm looking at Barcelona for my next rig, cause I'm tired of Intel's prices, motherboard prices, and inability to upgrade for very long on a board. I purchased my wife a Pentium D 820 last year, and this year I couldn't put a Conroe on it because of "VRM incompatibilities". Now they're telling me I can't use the old processors with the new chipset. That in my eyes is a structured attempt to screw us out of money. This rig will accept Phenom when it comes out (and will do so) and I'm replacing hers with a dually setup for myself that will be used for CAD, running a server and my own personal gaming system all in one, for less cost than anything near equivalent on the intel side.

At the end of the day, I am loyal to AMD cause they offer competitive performance at price point. When they stop being fast at day-to-day things, and I can tell a difference on the desktop, I may or may not move. I am perfectly satisfied with the performance that I'm getting.

Especially when it costs as much as half of what the intel offering is.
As unXtreme as the term 'Bang for Buck' is, I share your sentiments.