[JavaDog]

Originally Posted by WallCrawler Intel yes I never used AMD not saying i would not but never had the chance to play with it, I might build a system for the Mrs using AMD in the future. The Extreme Editions Duel Core is for testing of what? Gaming Graphics Video editing Medical software tests that only certifies Intel chip sets not AMD. Apps like this.

The Extreme Edition is Intel's "numbers" chip. It was made to win a numbers war with AMD. They priced them so high because their yield is extremely low on them and they really don't want people to buy these chips in heavy numbers.

Basically, the AMD 64bit Dual-Cores out perform the higher-priced Intel chips in every benchmark, Video Editing used to be one section where AMD won out - but even that is no more. I won't even get into the fact that the Intel chips are disgusting when it comes to power usage and heat output compared to the AMDs...

The AMD 64bit Dual-Core Opterons win again , and again , and again , and again , and again

At the end of the day though, it is your money and your system - will be blazing fast no matter what.