AMD. Price/Performance is unbeatable. Plus ive ALWAYS had good reliability with all my AMD cpu's in the past.

Since Core series...it' Intel 100%.

Usually using an amd in my desktop for better price/performance ratio. but it really depends on budget and price/perfromance ratio at the time when i buy. Also got an intel in my laptop, sadly amd still has not that good moblie processors especially for power saving so the choice there was no real choice

For graphics its all ati for me for a lot years now. i had a geforce 3 that died just after warranty was over, then replaced it with a cheap used geforce 2 since i had nearly no money at that time and that one died also only a few months after. bought a radeon 8500 to replace it and stayed with ati since then (had a 9700, X850, HD3650 after and now a HD4850) . never had a card die anymore, never had any driver problems with the games i played so was really happy with the switch.

I go with intel. My current pc uses amd and it has sucked so much that I would never again go with amd again unless of course it was absolutely the best thing out there.

Intel's CPU's are way better than AMD's BUT their price/performance ratio is not as good as AMD's.

Go AMD if you want more bang for your buck.

Go Intel if you have money to burn (really not a good idea in this economy).

Really depends on the purpose of the system.

Generally it's true if you are going to spend in the $200 or higher range, for a CPU, you're willing to budget more for extra CPU performance and will likely be buying an Intel. The vast majority of all dedicated workstations fall into this category because of this.

If it's just for gaming, general purpose use, or even most typical home uses including photo and video editing work, nothing wrong with saving some money on an AMD CPU/chipset.

All three of the computers I currently use are Intel based systems (core quad/nvidia, core duo/ATI, core duo/nvidia). When I build a dedicated Maya workstation, it will be another Intel system based on 1366/i7, most likely ATI video unless Fermi significantly changes the performance playing field.

Yeah, Nvidia cards really suck.

NVidia cards aren't bad. They've just continually priced themselves out of the market for the past several years, squeaking by on brand recognition alone.