I was wondering how many people are using motherboards with the nForce4/AMD chipset family with Vegas6, DVDA3, Sound Forge 8 and Acid Pro 5 applications? Some forums (Cakewalk, Nuendo, Cubase, nForceHQ) have reported audio pops and clicks with this chipset. Here is one such example from RME:

http://www.rme-audio.de/english/techinfo/nforce4_tests.htm

What are your preferences between AMD Athlon 64 X2/nForce4 vs Intel Pentium D 800 series/955X?