Quote Originally Posted by Sovereign
So I would like to know actually why an AMD 64 would be better?
Since your PC is already bought, you shouldn't worry about the whole AMD/Intel thing. Done is done. However, the reason gamers give AMD the love are as follows (I hope nobody minds my expanding on the points already made):

* Watt for watt, ghz for ghz, AMD chips are much faster. A 2 ghz AMD64 will usually spank the lederhosen off a 3 ghz Pentium.

* Dollar for dollar, AMD chips are much faster.

* AMD64 CPUs have a much better interface with the computer's RAM. Result: speediness. To add insult, they use cheaper RAM to achieve this result.

* The Nforce 4 motherboard is probably the best mobo for gaming yet made. And it wasn't available for the Pentium until very recently. (Honestly, I'm not sure if Nvidia's got the P4 version in production yet ...)

* Buying from the guy who doesn't have a monopoly always makes people feel warm and fuzzy.

Bottom line: Your PC is purchased, and it will give you much love, and you don't need to worry overmuch about the CPU. After all, the CPU is just one ingredient in what makes a computer fast, and not always the most important one. This lemur is a big fan of subsystems, and making sure that they're pimped out. There's nothing sadder than a good PC with too little RAM, or a slow hard drive, or a bad mobo. All the infrastructure needs to be there. Only then will you notice any difference from the CPU.