Quote Originally Posted by Mav451 View Post
I think 6 out 7 years of my computing experience being pure AMD demonstrates that I'm not a blinded Intel fan, simply a very disappointed AMD fan (and basically have been since summer 2006).
I know how you feel. I built my Intel Quad and felt pissed off at AMD every second I was assembling it. But I ended up building a Phenom box out of curiosity mostly. What I didn't expect is using the identical video card, I preferred gaming on the AMD. Keep in mind I only have an overclocked Q6600, but the AMD chip is supposed to be a complete turd in gaming, if you only go by the benchmarks.

I would be curious to hear from someone that has both a Phenom 2 and an i7 that plays some of the latest games. If the i7 gives the nice, smooth gaming as the Phenom I would probably use the i7 as my next build, considering in some areas it pummels the AMD chip.