Intel will hold the title for some time, look at the road Intel and AMD road maps. Why do you think i'm lying to you? Like I said I'm an AMD FAN! Although I'm not going to lie for them.
The AMD is an X2 4400+ (overclockable, if you're in to that). I know it is old news now, but 6 months ago, it was the best bang for the buck (price/performance). A few months after I bought it, the price dropped dramatically. The AM2 was the new thing. But, as I'm sure you are aware, if you try to keep up with the latest and greatest, you'll be changing your system constantly. When all is said and done, what are a few milliseconds to the average user?
I guess the next question on this thread should be which is better, NVidia or ATI? LOL.