Macro - 4:04 pm on Dec 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

>>Where ARE we supposed to base our opinions if we don't have access to a very large pool of machines or to high tech testing equipment?

You will not get definitive answers on the AMD vs Intel issue. Period. Your thread title may have been a bit too ambitious.

You can get detailed answers on little specifics, like which particular CPU is best at a particular task, running a particular set of code etc. But for accurate results even on that you need to have the right testing gear and a keen understanding of the technologies and testing methods which very few so called technie websites possess. Even then you may not be able to compare them fairly because you won't find one mobo that'll take both an Intel and AMD CPU. You'll have to use different mobos, maybe a PCIe card in the Intel along with DDR2 and an AGP card in the AMD with DDR1 and you've already got enough variables to make your results worthless.

I refer you to the first para of my first post.