Yep last I researched whne I built my latest computer intel was distinctly ahead of amd as well as nvidia being ahead of ati. That was mostly due to the ati-amd merger and their ensuing work on a combined cpu/gpu chip taking precedence at the time. Now though with Intel becoming frightened by Nvidia's potential in using their gpus in place of intel's cpus, they've begun fighting with one another and their product lines may begin to suffer from it.