What the **** are you talking about, you dont want a dual-core processor for gaming, the price to performance ratio is like that of Intel (haha). I dont want to start a flame war.
Oh yeah, someone else said something stupid, about AMD and Intel booting, it just depends on which system is better, and mainly the harddrives in both. So please refrain from more idiotic comments in the future.
Now after all of that crap, you will want the AMD 3700 for gaming, I prefer the clawhammer, but other like the venice, I personally find that the clawhammer runs cooler.