Is it time to upgrade my Athlon?

[Skuzzy]

Looking forward to it skrib <S>.

[Irwink!]

I agree, but who are you trying to hang that tag on?

I'm hanging the tag wherever it applies. Personally I run Intel processors for the moment. When I believe AMD has achieved dominance when all things are considered I'll run AMD. I have no axe to grind with either brand. I've used both. Performance per $ is in a given application is all I care about, brand loyalty be damned. I don't care if Intel is viewed by many to be the giant that has to be crushed in favor of the little guy (AMD). If AMD/ATI has a competitive product I'll buy it. For now I don't believe that is the case for gaming/performance machines where a scant few $$ in initial investment are not an issue.

[Skuzzy]

I have used both as well.  When Intel had their Prescott line, I was vehemently against using them and was pretty vocal about it.

Personally I will not use an AMD CPU, at the moment, as I do a lot of video/audio work at home and AMD just cannot keep pace with an Intel CPU in that area.  It's not even close.