"Hahahah, not a big difference between c2d and X2?"
no, there isnt really a great difference. i have a 60 dollar processor that will go pretty much toe to to with the low end c2ds. and its cheaper which = better to most people.
"Phenom will not overcome the Kentsfields, let alone the Yorkfields."
you may be right, i will wager that it will be tight against the kentsfield. not impossible, but tight.
"I'm feeling you man, it must be SOOooo hard being an AMD fan right now. I respect you for your willingness to stand by a company you believe in."
not really. thats why i am a fan, because i believe in the company. it kinda goes hand in hand.
as far as the fanboy/arsehole thing...
i stick up for AMD because i own it (or it owns me lol), and their products have always treated me right.
i guess i should be considered an arsehole myself for choosing to stick with the upgrade path provided by my favored company (of which i never tell ANYONE they are STUPID, or "dont know anything" or any of that crap if they dont agree with me...i just tell of my real-world experience with these products...whcih apparently makes me some sort of retard) instead of dumping the two main components of a rig i am familiar with and whose overclocking ability i have serious respect for? if so, then i am an arsehole, yes lol.
fanboyism i dont care about. if you like something, you like it. what turns MY stomach is the amount of criticism here, and thinking that a 5 or 10% (in certain apps, mind you) performance difference is enough justification to ridicule someone's choice of products, or suggest that they change their entire platform for some intangible increase...something you wont even see.
case in point here...
if i dumped my current rig and got, say an e6300 set-up for like well lets say 300 dollars. i am first and foremost a gamer, second i am the TF badger. so, in my case, tell me where i am going to see this tremendous increase in performance? are my games going to run better? NO. is my TF etiquitte going to improve? NO.
so, i just paid 300 bucks because the OTHER fanboys (call yourselves whatever you like) told me that if i didnt, i was missing out on like the second coming of christ or something, or that i was in fact a great big s***head.
thats what turns MY stomach. the amount of fanboyism i couldnt care less about. its the amount of single-sided closed mindedness that i see every day on this forum. and thats why i stand up for what i OWN and what i KNOW.
thank you...someone please take my soapbox.