robkelk Wrote:Well, AMD's last product (the Phenom II) couldn't compete with Intel's Core i5 and i7 processors, even though it came out later, so that hasn't been true for AMD. :/paladindythe Wrote:It's a few months away still,The chips that are "a few months away" will always be better than the chips that are available now. The problem is, you can't use the chips that are "a few months away" to do work now...
The important point is that the AM3+ motherboards are coming out in a couple of weeks. These can use both the current (Athalon II & Phenom II) processors as well as the new ones coming in the fall. Had these motherboards been out in February they would have sold well with Intel's Sandybridge chipset SATA issue, but AMD (apparently) couldn't push ahead the schedule. If you were buying right now, I'd go for the Sandybridge i7s for raw power.