Quote Originally Posted by Zseth
More so, I'd rather spend $200 on a chip that I can easily upgrade in a year when the 8 core chips come out rather than be stuck with an outdated architecture that will be burnt out once Intel realized it can't keep overclocking old chips and getting inferior results. My Phenom(9500) slightly overclocked to 2.4 GHz a core got a 3750 3D Mark Score compared to the Q6700 which costs almost twice as much which scored a 3800. So for $200 more I can get 50 more points with something that can't handle different affinity? AMD > Intel anyday of the week.
All reviews I've seen has the Q6600 outperforming the Phenom 9500 consistently and Intel priced the Q6600 to be cheaper than the Phenom 9500, not to mention the difficulty of finding a decent spider board at a good price.

The Intel quad core technology may be just patched together processors but it works and it has been working for more than a year. There are almost too many motherboards to pick from.

I love AMD and I applaud their decision to go the true quad core route but the price and performance of the Q6600 makes it really difficult to justify buying a Phenom. Our local supplier sells on average a 100 Q6600s a month, he has yet to sell a Phenom.