You are right Darren, I haven't tested new technology except for the Core i3 7100 which is only one year old. But we can rely much on benchmarks because of the imposibility of connecting to internet. It is complicated. I'm not at all following any company. I'm basing my opinion on the results we achieved. The old Kit I mentioned before was mainly 512 mb ddr1, Celeron D @2,6Ghz 3xx dont remember well, IDE disks and Geforce 8400Gs PCI. I played Deus Ex Human Revolution. Just saying that we have to base too on old pieces because companies don't just invent some impressive technologies for they are very expensive. And it is Intel who dominated market with so many reliable chips that is hard not to trust it. And I'm saying this without viewing the market strategy of AMD or Intel wich I know it is agressive but full of bad or inflated information.