intel just like microsoft has and always will play catch up. you can’t overclock intels…why…they burn up…like having a car that you can’t turbo…yet you want it to be faster…useless…try buying a bigger brain next time. those benchmarks are useless because i’m betting the machines they ran those on had more than 3-4 gigs of ram and everything else would HAVE to be top of the line…which in my opinion…the people on this board…either can’t afford it…don’t need it…or aren’t video game hard-ons like the idiots who tried to run quake at 300fps
you take intels and beat on them…they die…like american cars
you take amd’s and beat on them…they live…like hondas
longevity & multimedia performance = amd>intel
and if you were as smart as you say you are…you would know computers are somewhat like cars…it’s not the car it’s the driver…well its not the computer its the configuration…sure you can have top of the line intel shit…but if all of your drivers are crap along with a bunch of stuff running at the same time(8 out of 10 users are like this) all i would need is a middle of the road amd and the omega drivers to pwn anyone who knows anything about computers knows that amd is the processor of choice for heavy gaming/multimedia users. Sure the core 2 extreme is fast…but like intel always seems to do…it’ll be replaced…rather quickly.
no need for me to research this stuff…i sold it for 2 years and built it for 6…