AFAIK, AMD are usually a good deal, but not in Lebanon. Here intel has most of the market and AMD are (at least were last time I checked) overpriced. I think it is because of the volume of trade is much smaller for AMD so shipping and stocking costs are higher, and that gets passed down to the product.
Resellers also maybe like to increase the prices on AMD and high end graphics, as if they consider it as a luxury item. Which kinda is, if you visit other areas in Lebanon, maybe you will see what I mean :)
Flakk wroteAMD was in the lead before the Core 2 and I7,I5,I3 series came out from intel. The AMD athlon 64 were the best choice for gamers in 2004->2006.
I think it was because of bad technological decisions at intel back then, basically intel investing on increasing GHZ. I remember reading an article that predicted the decline of intel and victory of AMD. That didnt happen, I guess AMD didnt fully take advantage of the lead they had back then. Or maybe they did, in a discrete and silent fashion.
