First of all, I'm immune to fanboy crap. I don't realy care about smoothness since that is personal. Truth is, I will pick the party that offers the best price/performance ratio and at the moment it seems the winning party is AMD. Now I know that intel has been the better party for about 2-3 years now so I understand some people have issues to step away from intel and go with AMD because they are used to intel now.
However, I am in no need for a fanboy flame war, you can do that stuff on WoW.
Somewhere in my mind I have already chosen for AMD but some reviews tend to lean me towards intel, Q9550 or even i7.
I do not prefer i7 since intels upgrade path is quite blurry at the moment with their new H1 and H2 sockets... I just don't like that stuff, even though it performs better it's still too expensive for me.
The Q9550 would also be a good choice but the 775 socket is, in my opinion, dead, and therefore not future proof.
That leaves the PII. I realy love the PII because, in my opinion it is equal to the Q9550.
However, almost EVERY review site starts reviewing the PII in comparison with the i7 940/965 or QX9650 which is the biggest **** I have ever read. Their conclusion: intel offers the best clock/clock performance...
Let me remind you that the 9650 is selling for 450 euro's which is the double of what the PII costs. The i7 965 is selling for 1000 euros... I mean common...
Be a little bit reasonable. Is it me or am just reading to many Enthusiasts reviews?
However, I am in no need for a fanboy flame war, you can do that stuff on WoW.
Somewhere in my mind I have already chosen for AMD but some reviews tend to lean me towards intel, Q9550 or even i7.
I do not prefer i7 since intels upgrade path is quite blurry at the moment with their new H1 and H2 sockets... I just don't like that stuff, even though it performs better it's still too expensive for me.
The Q9550 would also be a good choice but the 775 socket is, in my opinion, dead, and therefore not future proof.
That leaves the PII. I realy love the PII because, in my opinion it is equal to the Q9550.
However, almost EVERY review site starts reviewing the PII in comparison with the i7 940/965 or QX9650 which is the biggest **** I have ever read. Their conclusion: intel offers the best clock/clock performance...
Let me remind you that the 9650 is selling for 450 euro's which is the double of what the PII costs. The i7 965 is selling for 1000 euros... I mean common...
Be a little bit reasonable. Is it me or am just reading to many Enthusiasts reviews?