[Echo Talon]

It was AMD for gaming until the Core 2 Duo came out.

yea, im using a custom homebuilt AMD system right now, like i said i like AMD they have done LOTS for ALL of us... but Intel has an excellent product in the Core2Duo and Core2Quad(IF you do professional apps like 3D rendering, video editing and such)

[steveegg]

Sounds familiar (Athlon 64 3200+/nForce 4 SLI/single Nvidia 7800 GT/1 GB memory clocked to the sweet spot on the timings here). I'm still bemoaning AMD's abandonment of Socket 939 and DDR for no appreciable gain.

If I had to start from scratch, I would be going with a Core 2 Duo. Of course, I'd have to get new memory (which I would have to do even if I stuck with AMD).