Core duo

So i'm building a second pc just for games, and i've heard a lot of good things about Intel's core duo line for this, anyone have any experience with this?  The prices aren't bad either, between tigerdirect and newegg there's always one on sale.  If you have any other recommendations (besides no vista, obviously) for a gaming pc, please throw that in too.  Mind you, i'm on a budget, maybe around 1300 dollars max.

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You don't have to go back 4 years to witness AMD still on top.  Just think back to around 1.5 years ago when X2 was punishing Pentium D.  It was only after that when Intel was able to catch up to AMD from the Coppermine vs Athlon Classic days.

Anyway, up to a certain price cutoff (somewhere far below $1000), an OC'd AMD-based gaming system will outperform an OC'd Intel-based gaming system at the same price, because the lower cost of AMD CPUs & stable mobos allows one to spend more on a better graphics card and RAM (about $100 spread in favor of AMD, considering equal motherboard functionality).  By the same token, a comparable system in terms of performance will cost less on AMD arch, up to a certain performance threshold.

At $1300, however, of course a C2D system will be better than any X2 or FX system.  Core 2 Duo is simply the superior architecture for anyone with no budget, or a budget as high as this.