Quote - If you want better renedering times i would suggest waiting for Intels Conroe CPU's, according to pre-release benchmarks they spank AMD in most tests, use less power and cost less.
I dont know how trust worthy these test are but i would not buy a new computer until conroe has been released since prices will most likely drop.
But maybee you dont want to invest in a completly new system.

Erm.....considering that Woodcrest failed government usage tests, and Conroe is showing the exact same issue, I'd suggest waiting before jumping into any Intel silicon (both chips are throwing consistent usage errors when a RAID array is used on the system; Conroe seems particularly snotty with a RAID 5 setup. Intel lost a government contract when Woodcrest failed its reliability trials...and flakey behavior with a RAID array is =bad= juju for a server class chip....) Synthetic benchmarks are probably the least reliable means of judging a chip or system; it's far too easy to pick and choose the parameters to make the new silicon look far better than real world performance will be.