Apok you would go for an AMD system because it has AMD written on it.
Actually, I would go with any system that doesn't have Intel written on it, as long as it does what I need. But that's besides the point.
I remember this time last year when we were discussing the future AMD architecture. Perhaps you remember, but if you didn't I was on your side then. The numbers clearly showed that AMD was going to be on top again. It had HT, it had a higher IPC, it was true quad and it had the same reliable integrated memory controller. Unfortunately AMD didnt deliver. First the TLB errata, then the unstable OCing. The unbiased members of tech forums realized the mistake and went back to Intel. I think its safe to say the you are a fanboy and the only reason you support AMD is because it isn't Intel.
It's not the only reason. Besides, a lot of the FUD surrounding the K10 before release wasn't nearly as credible as the information we have on Deneb (which is quite high), so I think I'm going to call this as a
red herring
Once again nobody cares about IGPs
False, but we'll move on.
For people that will buy dedicated video cards.
This guy is buying a video card. In fact I would go so far as to say that people should avoid systems with IGPs.
Actually, I would just
generally speaking avoid
using IGP's in favor of more powerful dedicated cards, unless the IGP more suits the purpose of the user and/or the user simply cannot afford a descent dedicated card and the IGP, like in this case,
is actually pretty good, but don't simply avoid a motherboard
for the sole reason that it has an IGP.
In fact, 790GX boards are basically high-end boards (with "only" two PCI-E 16X slots compared to 3 or 4 used on 790
FX boards)
That's just one more cheap thing that can fail and ruin your day.
Every component you add technically has a nonzero probability of failing, so I don't think you have much of a point here.