I love AMD, bought Intel this time specifiacally for the HT. though I was using my ATi card on previous AthlonXP 3000+ and Asus A7N8X mobo without problems.
I dont run with the flow, as I bought AMD first time, when every body said that its a total failure, still I did, and I was happy at its purchase. before AMD Athlon 64 series, Intel has only 1 edge over it and that was No Thermal Death, even in P-3 series, they at least didnt die because of FAN failure or CPU over heat, whilst AMD Athlon's use to. also before Northwood core of P-IV's, AMD use to dissapate more heat than Intels, whereas things are reversed. Winchester on AMD is cooler than SLedgehammer, whereas Intel's Prescott is hotter than Northwood.
Both AMD and Intel invests most while wafer fabrication of the CPU, that brings the CPU MTB almost to 0, but in past mostly AMD's died because of Thermal Death thats Y they lost their market strength. and dell as well preferred Intel. as now AMD 64's are as well coming with the Thermal Diode on chip, and Intels getting hotter. I think Dell guys must be thinking of using AMD's into their systems.
where as ATi and nVidia war is concerned, nVidia is into graphic chip long before ATi came into exsistence, its just their radeon 9700 card that was flagship bringing its name into market, else who can challenge the research of guys at nVidia.