I don't care who has .5 ghz over who, or which has more L2 or L3 cache. All I care about is having enough power to do Photoshop and games at the most reasonable price. And for that I've been with AMD for over a decade and I don't see myself going back.
If you absolutely must have the fastest CPU no matter the price go with Intel, but in a few months AMD will do it cheaper.
I myself don't try to keep up with the latest and greatest. I only upgrade when I can't do what I want without more power. AMD hasn't let me down yet.
Oddly enough I usually go with Nvidia for a graphics card. Can't say why, but I haven't had an ATI card since before AMD scooped them up. It does make sense to have all AMD in your system, I just always like the Nvidia specs and price when I'm GPU shopping.
