Quite wrong, Intel is definitely a winner in dual core processors. If you are a gamer, go for Intel Core 2 Duo processors with a good graphics card such as geforce 7800 or better. Also get as much ram as you can..
It all depends, really Intel right now is winning over AMD BUT the new Intel processors are coming out in november, so if you buy anything now it'll not only be outdated from Intel, they're also brining out a new socket so you'll have to upgrade your mobo AND ram (DDR3) if you want to upgrade in the future with AMD, it's brining out it's phenom processors soon no one knows if they'll be good or not but they're backwards compatible with AM2 so you'll easily be able to upgrade in the future so the question is the present, or the future what's more important to you? future? go AMD, get a cheap 4000x2 processor (I have, couldn't be more happy) present? go Intel, but don't get a quad core processor. Cause they suck with gaming, no gain at al l
lol no firstly, either go with a HD 20xx series card from ATI or go with a 800x card from nvidia (may I add that the 90xx nvidia line is coming soon, so don't rush into things) secondly, don't get as much ram as you can get 2 x 1gb sticks with good timings if you get 3, or 4 there's a few problems 1) windows 32bit (the one without the compatibility problems) will only recognize 3gb of ram, max 2) the timings. When you have 3gb+ of ram, you can't get any better than CAS 5 and T2 timings, which will bottle neck your ram
Also, for the record, Intel isn't as far ahead of AMD as people make out look at these facts http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html and for gaming, the graphics card is much more important than the processor (most games don't use as much CPU power as you'd think) price per watt AMD is owning Intel, and probably always will to stay competitive
ATI has glitches with DirectX 10, Specially with shaders, nVidia works well. And notice I said 7800 or better, as I have no clue about his budget. Geforce 8 series is hell expensive for some. so buying a 7800 is better option than buying a low end Geforce 8 series card.
not with the new drivers, I've not had any problems at all with my x2600xt and if he wants to get a DX9 card, go with the x1950gt or pro or something http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=360&card2=500 nvidias top dx9 card vs ati's top dx9 card http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=445&card2=442 and price wise ATI beats nvidia
AMD has always been the cooler company, but over the last few years they've been throwing their weight around. Intel are cunts, trying to make it illegal to modify your computer hardware. On the plus side, Intel are used in macs.... but I still prefer AMD.
Right now the better processor is the Intel Core2Duo. So i vote Intel. Later if AMD wins over Intel in performance, i'll surely vote for AMD.