Quote Originally Posted by dirtyd View Post
Not necessarily. Intel's high end has always been expensive, even when they were getting beaten by the original FX their high-end chips were still expensive, and people still bought them.
True that!, this was do to Brand recognition ... Think BOSE audio... BaH, Man my BOSE home theater sounds best in the world...Sorry for the little rant there.

Quote Originally Posted by dirtyd View Post
What do you think matters more to AMD: OEM's who order in the thousands, or a tiny sliver of enthusiasts who moan about 10% in a benchmark? The only OEM's ordering high-end parts are specialist custom builders who would be lucky to sell 1,000 units a year. It's not "rather quite large", it absolutely pales in comparison.
Intel has always had the majority Due to the facts I mentioned before, Companies like mine buy primarily Intel based HP units, well because that all our sales reps know. Who's AMD, they ask. Regardless of what Chip is better at what price etc, companies will mostly Buy Intel because everyone know's who they are.