Is there even a point in buying Amd now that Sandy bridge is being released?
Sure there is a point...I like amd . Besides that, I don't like intel motherboard pricing, nor do I want onboard graphics, nor limited overclock options. I also like the idea of having six cores. I still think for alot of things like vms, encoding etc the six core amd setups make alot of sense I know right now amd is the underdog, but they are still hard to beat from a price to performance standpoint especially when you look at the cheaper quad cores.
Everyone is getting all excited about sandy bridge, but 90 percent of those people won't be interested in anything other than showing off a benchmark score. Not many people nowdays are needing more than most modern quad cores can offer. The other thing is, sandy bridge stuff will be limited for awhile, teething issues, high in price, and better sandy bridge boards are coming out in a few months so whoever jumps on the wagon will be outdated by newer stuff right?
Anyway for the record I'm not going to pay 275 bucks for a 1090t I will buy a quad core before that happens. I think where amd shines right now is the 200 dollar and below sector.