I completely disagree with almost everything you said. For photoshop/video encoding I would definitely go Intel. Especially if your video editing is mostly reducing resolution for ipods or other portable devices AVX ROCKs at reducing 1080P to ipod. Not so much at transcoding at same res though better off with a 2600/2600K IMHO.
For gaming AMD is fine. The only review I can find that meets your claims about 90FPS on intel and 60 FPS on AMD is using a 280GTX at 1680x1050. 80% the resolution of even a 1080P gamer resolution. about 70% the resolution of a 1920x1200 monitor. So yes. At low resolution on DX9 games and mostly on older games, the intel is a better choice. You will jump from looking perfect to cant tell a difference at all.
Intel will be less CPU limited in games but with a good GPU and HD resolution you will not be limited.
Both the Deneb/zosma (phenom II) and thuban (x6) chips are EXCELLENT desktop chips for all around usage and gaming. Bulldozer can compete with 2500K in heavily threaded tests, hell even a thuban can in some of them. But benchmarks are not the end all be all.
okay so essentially your saying
myself,
cadaveca,
erocker,
and multiple others who have the hardware are wrong, lolz
Shogun II Intel RAPES amd
Bad Company 2 6 cores do far better but still not good enough
1100T at 4ghz vs 2500k at stock the 1100T is still slower, with dual gpus even more noticeably aka 1100T getting 120 to my 170 tested between me and erocker, single gpu the 1100T does better pulling into the 70fps range but 2500k still wallops it with 90 avg on the same maps same settings,
It is what it is with high end gpus Intel wins
with photoshop testing with effects and what not yes intel is faster guess what when saving files in large uncompressed formats in photoshop an AMD 6 core does win and by a significant margin do to the fact its all multi threaded and when i say large file sizes im talking 60-70mb uncompressed high resolution images, and considering saving properly and often means this becomes important.
encoding a 1035T will beat any intel chip same price range dont argue the semantics were talking price to performance
1035T 6 core will beat the similar priced i3 2100 in any of the multi threading tests so both arguing other wise.
when it comes to gaming
Ive owned
Phenom II 940 BE, 965BE
Intel I5 2500k
tested with 4870x2 5850 xfire 6970 xfire and 6950 crossfire along with single gpu,
Shogun II has a built in CPU test,
Phenom II chips average 17-23fps stock to overclocked
2500k is 27-30 stock up to 40 overclocked
if you read what i said
i SAID intel was SUPERIOR in gaming reread the post
and as far as multi threading performance 3d rendering and photoshop work.
Ill take my own testing over any reviewer ill also take the words of others that make there living with photoshop
fact is
gaming Intel wins hands down in 99% of titles right now
all the titles you qouted from me Intel wins and usually hands down
as far as price performance
i3 2100 cannot compete with a 6 core phenom in multi threaded apps
cheapest i5 quadcore is $180
1055T is $150, 1055T will hit 4ghz i5 2300 hits 3.5 anything after that entirely requires a great mobo and a damn good chip so yes in multi threaded encoding and 3d rendering and photoshop the AMD chips win.
not to mention you can grab the AMD 1035T for $140
for a gaming rig Intel is superior and i recommended the 2500k myself and if thats to expensive take a i5 2300 and just set it 3.5ghz and leave it there.
my rambling point thats TL DR is this
at same price AMD wins the encoding photoshop and 3d rendering benchs,
same price point Intel will win the Gaming benchs, now if its only gaming yea intel wins if you spend more then $180 cpu wise go intel, if your gonna spend $150 or less on the CPU go AMD x6 and clock the dog snot out of it
but
i3 2100 = $125
Phenom II x6 1035T = $139
knock the 1055Ts scores down about 3% due to clock speed difference
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=289
again im not arguing that the Intel chips dont rape in games i pointed it out and listed titles i know for a FACT run better on Intel lol as for 3d Rendering etc, well at the same price my point is made, Intel is faster as you climb the food chain but then thats to be expected is it not ?
im just covering all bases here, for a pure gaming rig on the cheap i5 2300 minimum if possible 2500k end of story
(I would say 3 but there is no memset for sandybridge anymore)