AMD or INTEL?, Nvidia or ATI? Options

[Panzer]

I MAY be getting a new computer, I know that a thread like this will probably grow to five pages; but, I am debating as to whether I should get Intel or Amd. And for the video card, nvidia or ATI..I am leaning towards the NVIDIA 5900 256mb. card. Vs. the 9800pro 256mb...due to previous experiences w/ ATI.
One thing I am noticing is that you pay more for intel over AMD. All I want is perfomance & dependability, not sure if the extra cost is worth it.

[JP]

Ah yes but ATi has better image quality than nVidia, so as causing less frames.

Dont be turned away from ATi cause you burned your shit also, but it nVidia looks beter for you than get it, just dont base the companys on a mistake you made.

As for the AMD vs Intel, why pay $8 mill for an intel chip, went you can get all the same things from AMD, which also does more per cycle giving you a faster chip.

Example: My chip is a AMD XP 1900+, it runs at 1.6ghz 266fsb, and it out performs the Intel P4 1.9ghz 400fsb with no problem, and when they were both brand new I payed much less and got more performance. Never had any crashing or anything like that either. My computer is on 24/7.

Also make sure you get/have XP its sweet as hell, havent reformatted or reinstalled since 2/26/03