And you are thinking about getting an INTC based CPU instead of AMD, you may want to wait for the i7:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080811comp.htm
It has almost all the advantages of the AMD Hypertransport interconnect, but INTC will have extra advantages. This chip will rock on desktop applications.
The next exciting trend is when the graphics GPU (that's a G not a C) is embedded into the CPU. That means no more bus latency. I believe AMD+ATI lead in this tech.
nitro
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080811comp.htm
It has almost all the advantages of the AMD Hypertransport interconnect, but INTC will have extra advantages. This chip will rock on desktop applications.
The next exciting trend is when the graphics GPU (that's a G not a C) is embedded into the CPU. That means no more bus latency. I believe AMD+ATI lead in this tech.
nitro
