:lol: Dom you're gonna hate me. I prefer Intel CPUs and nVidia GPUs. :lol:

Seriously nVidia generally makes chipsets for gaming mostly with media 2nd, but ATI I find is the other way around. Then again... I may have fallen a tad behind over time, but I still see them that way.

And the Intel thing... well common, it's Intel man! They invented the 80x86 series who better to know the architecture and make it stable. AMD, sure they did some nity things and they know their stuff by now. Heck making crappy K-series, Athlon and Athlon XP chips helped them learn lessons, but there is a reason that Intel still leads the market.

Just my thoughts on the hardware. Not gosple, but also may be dated.

If you getting a new CPU I'd recommend Intel P4 /w HT 2-3 GHz if not Intel board, VIA very is nice(for both Intel and AMD actually). for GPU... I'm not current, but GeForce is great for gaming... this I know. I can only imagine that they would have nicer support for OpenGL than D3D.