well i just saw the new AMD 4800+ chip for the heafty price of a little over 1000 dollars. let the debate begin.
dual core=fast as hell. the only downside after running for a long time(like if it was running for days) you can't shut the system down in windows. http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050603/index.html check out this link were the 4800 kicked intel's(840 EE) ass in a stress tesr