AMD chips - your opinions please...

[bujin]

I'm about to upgrade my computer & would like a professional (and/or informed) opinion.

I am torn between an AMD Duron (for cost-efficiency) and an Athlon (for raw power). I mainly use my computer for gaming. What are your opinions on these chips for that purpose? If I can get away without spending too much money, I would be happy!!!

Also, which motherboards would you recommend?

BTW, I currently have an AMD K6-2 500MHz computer with 128Mb PC100 RAM.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Quick update on this, I found this article in which the reviewer uses some low-level benchmarks to get some interesting results...

http://www.aceshardware.com/Spades/read.php?article_id=25000191

I think that anyone who wishes to enter the AMD vs Intel debate should do so fully armed ;-)