Yeah, that was a problem (Pentium bug, or the P3 1.13 Ghz bug), but I mean hardware physically going bad, I've NEVER seen one for Intel. In fact, of my friends with whom I've discussed this subject, they've never seen a bad Intel processor either . . . AMD is doing great market-share wise, and it's an up and coming company. When the sledgehammer comes out, it could really turn some heads . . . However, AMD's not been the greatest company financially for quite a while now. It's better than it had been, but it's still not a cash cow. I'd say that they are forsaking profit for market share mostly, but when they get market share, whether they can get larger profits remains to be seen. I'm looking to try out the Via/Cyrix C3 chip . . . not in the same league as the Athlon/P3/P4, but its intriguing as a desktop solution in certain environments
Vengeance I have done what seems like a hundred different builds- probably half being Intel and can honestly say I have never gotten a faulty chip from Intel. Only a couple bad AMD's (1) T-bird and (1) lovely K6-2. Maybe just luck but if others have had the same experience it says alot about the quality of the chips. The XP has to this point proven pretty reliable so AMD seems headed in the right direction. Also one of the problems with AMD (in the past) have been not the chips so much as the boards the chips go into. I think AMD can blame VIA for some of the notion they arent as stable.
D.O.D. For years AMD had TERRIBLE floating point calculations, their chips were horrible for that. This got them behind the curve with Intel. AMD addressed those issues, but still there are problems with AGP communications on AMD chipset motherboards set higher then 2x AGP speed. AMD is a VERY solid chip, but all things being equal, I would buy an Intel, more stable, more reliable, and it is what Dell Factory outlet sells... DaDakota
