cleeve
Illustrious
Ask around, it's blalant insanity and short sighted insanity at that to buy AMD chips at this time. Core2 is thrashing the pants off AMD - FACT.
Also, why buy DX9 when you can buy DX10 at almost the same cost?
PS, If you don't think games like Supp Comm and the games coming out over the next year will benefit greatly for Core2, then you should do a little research man.
For a gaming machine, Core2 doesn't offer much more than an Athlon X2 unless you're playing at low resolutions - FACT
Who buys a new rig to play at low resolutions?...
Sure, Core2 is a better bet if you're buying new. I'm not debating that. But Athlon X2's are still good gaming processors because the video card is the limiting factor, not the CPU. 'Insane' is a strong word for someone choosing a cheap X2.
Dx9 the same cost as Dx10? I don't think so lad, find me a Dx10 card under $400 please... I can find you decent Dx9 cards for $120.
*I* should do research? OK, I'll bite... please show me the research I'm missing, because I can't find any benches proving that dual cores make a colossal difference anywhere. There is a slight difference in some games that support dual core, but it's hardly the difference between playable and not playable... the deciding factor for that is still the videocard.