Three-channel was of little value? Core i7

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Originally Posted by Capper

They caught lightening in a bottle with their socket 940/939 while INTEL completely crapped the bed with their Prescott processors.

Exactly. And while AMD was resting on their laurels, Intel revived themselves and came out swinging with their C2D and quad core processors.

Originally Posted by Capper

...all of which caused AMD to really overextend themselves expanding their operations and buying ATI (Which ironically has basically saved the comapny).

Agreed. Spending billions to acquire ATI and putting AMD at risk of going bankrupt in the process has only served to give AMD a strong life line to continue to wage war against Intel.