Quote Originally Posted by JeromeGrasdyke
I'd go with an Athlon64; I've been using one in my work machine for the last nine months and the integrated memory controller seems to give it a fair boost over Athlon XP and P4 for playing Rome. And it's probably the best balance of price, performance and future-proofing as well.
I agree. IMHO, today, the AMD 64 is superior to any Intel processor.

BTW, in a Celeron 466, RTW runs!!! Although 3-4 fps isn't very playable...