"AMD Rules!"
Yeah, love my AMD Athlon XP 2.1
But the chipsets most motherboard manufacturers use don't come close to releasing all the AMD potential. They will at times even use different brands for North and South bridges, and for the most part, are just tweaked code for the same chips used for Intel.
OK - I'm being overly critical and generalizing way to much, but I've had my share of problems with rushed to market MBs trying to capture the latest greatest CPU intro.
OTOH, my Dragon Ultra Platinum MB (from SOYO) is awesome - no problems and really rocks. Oh, yeah - it also looks great in a black Lian Li aluminum case with a plexiglass side panel.
(oooops - forgot this is a political forum - for a minute, I thought I was back on a modder's site, heheh.)