Quote Originally Posted by EvilBellyLint View Post
Bottom Line:

People will take from these benchmarks what they want to see.

One person sees an underperforming 3870 and feels better about
his 8800GT purchase, easing his mind of the lingering buyer's remorse
he may have been feeling...

Fanboys for either camp will cherry pick results and argue for "their side."

Me? I had been convinced the 8800GT was the way to go, and had one
on order the day they appeared. But what I see from these benchmarks is
a 3870 card that was built for an integrated system, and will only reach
its true potential when run in such a system.

I've never been a company fanboy. I jumped on AMD's bullet-train when
the A64 line appeared, and it clearly went on to dominate. When Intel
finally found a solution in the Core 2 Duo, I knew who the new reigning
champ was. But now? Benchmarks be damned. My gut says we are just
witnessing the birth of AMD's new vision, and birth is always a painful
affair. AMD bashers-- have your fun... for a month or two.

I for one am giving AMD a chance on this one. I don't feel an emotional
need to justify my Intel purchases by downplaying the obvious advances
AMD is just now starting to make.

Give me a revised/updated Phenom, my dual HD 3870s, and my tricked-out
MSI 790FX board... I think you may be surprised at the results of a properly
configured Spider rig come Q1 2008

For now, have your fun


EBL
Come Q1 2008, people will be plopping Wolfdales and Yorkfields into their rigs and AMD users everywhere will be sweating like a fat guy in gym class.