Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
No, that's not what I said but let me put it this way. You put an Intel system together and tweak an already very stable system to make it faster. You first have to tweak an AMD system to stability, then tweak to get a meager overclock. Then your best overclock still leaves your rig slower. Sure exclusive users of AMD based rigs have to have skillz, they're troubleshooting while Intel users are through tweaking and using their rigs. I use both and use AMD rigs to sharpen my skills. No, I don't think it is fun to do stuff I should be getting payed for instead of paying nVidia to Beta test
But... did you had a rotten apple as AMD system? I never had any problem that I had to tweak my system right from scratch. And the best OC being slower than an Intel rig, yes, but look at my example above; I had lots of fun tweaking and why should I care about 750fps vs 1500fps? It will run everything just as good as any OC'd Intel system anyway.

Of course motherboard manufacturers are sometimes a bit crappy with new BIOS releases and new CPU steppings, but it doesnt happen all that often and besides that, one shouldnt think a Jan '07 motherboard is right away compatible with a Dec '08 CPU, always look for BIOS updates.