AMD vs INTEL!

[Owneth]

Psst looks like Intel won.

 

[Tony]

i like cookiez

 

[Lxxs]

i7 950, nuff said

 

[Breyna]

i like cookiez

Me too...chocolate chip please

 

[Bioern]

I have an AMD CPU in my PC. (AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE)
For me it works great. I would never hesitate to buy another AMD product.
It was really cheap compared to the Intel CPUs.
The only problem was the CPU-fan i got with it...I couldn't even sleep anymore with the PC running in my room...had to buy another one.

 

[Fishy]

They both have upsides, but Intel's recent actions to stop AMD's sales was pretty... cheap.

 

[Ubermicro13]

Just bought myself an AMD Phenom II X6 Thuban. AMD is definatly still in the game. My old processor AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (3.4 GH) over clocked to 4.8GHz flat out destorys my friends i7. And any product that has a lowercase i in front of it i just cannot take seriously.

Long live AMD!

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[cawpet]

Amd atm. Better bang for buck. The huge price difference is ridiculous, and, currently, most things need more in terms of gpu than cpu anyway, so, slightly lower performance for under half the price at times sounds good to me.

 

[Sidalol]

i7 950, nuff said

Got me one of those a few days ago. Working like a beauty.

 

[Synik]

I have an AMD Phenom 2 X6 1090T and whilst it was both cheap and overclocks well I still have to say I am disappointed. They get very hot on overclocks above 3.9GHz even with a solid water cooling setup, I guess this is due to the cheap materials used.
I have had this CPU literally a couple of weeks and its already going to be sold on and replaced with a decent i7.

 

[dojah]

amd better bang for ur buck in this field u can slap a 500 dollar or less computer together that runs 50 wows np

 

[Sidalol]

amd better bang for ur buck in this field u can slap a 500 dollar or less computer together that runs 50 wows np

Yep. Sure.

 

[shane86]

wow didn't expect this topic to get so popular. I agree with half of these posts that intels tend to be faster cpus and are always on thier a game. They were the first to support ddr2 ram, ddr3, and will probably be the first to support ddr4.


However, for the price tag I say amd's are better bang for your buck. I've been using AMD's since the old k6 days and I still have an old computer using an AMD thats over 10 years old. My father uses a crappy celeron (I realize celerons are complete shit and this argument is irrelevant but meh) 3 times and all 3 blew out within 3 years. Not to mention cost him 40 bucks a pop.

I can't argue the newer intels because I haven't personally tried them but a 1k price tag for a 17 980x seems a little to steep for me when i've clocked my Phenom II 1090T to 3.6 (200 mhz higher) with no problems. And I only paid $299.99.

 

[Bishop]

I used to be an AMD customer, but unlike many of the above I'm not a fan boy and they're currently doing terrible.

When comparing benchmarks the AMD falls significantly below the Intel, including overclocking.

i've clocked my Phenom II 1090T to 3.6 (200 mhz higher) with no problems. And I only paid $299.99.

i7 930 2.8ghz native, OC'd to 3.8ghz (1000mhz higher) with no problems. And I only paid $229.99.

However, I will agree that AMD was decent 5 years ago. But they're shit now, they don't provide value or performance.

Lol @ AMD Phennom, they can't give those away...

 

[cawpet]

When comparing benchmarks the AMD falls significantly below the Intel, including overclocking.

Significantly? What you smoking man? The difference isn't big enough to back up the huge price difference, at all.

 

[Bishop]

Significantly? What you smoking man? The difference isn't big enough to back up the huge price difference, at all.

You're right... Intel only has the top 15 places, AMD starts showing up on the benchmarks at 16th-18th. In my world, that's "significant"

High performance benchmark:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/3DMark-Vantage-High,2418.html


Overall performance benchmark:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/.../3DMark-Vantage-Overall-Performance,2416.html

Top performing AMD (Below 10 other Intels no matter what Benchmark you use):
CPU: Phenom II X6 1090T
Price: $323
Score: 14567

Intel ONE spot above AMD Phenom II X6 1090T:
CPU: Core i7-860
Price: $279.99
Score: 14812

Return your AMD while you still can.

 

[cawpet]

Too specific. We're talking high end users there, people that do intensive work hours daily that can afford intel cpu's with ease anyway. For more every day usage by the majority who maybe, play the newest games, watch hi-res movies, maybe do some video editing. Amd is still the better option.

 

[Bishop]

Too specific. We're talking high end users there, people that do intensive work hours daily that can afford intel cpu's with ease anyway. For more every day usage by the majority who maybe, play the newest games, watch hi-res movies, maybe do some video editing. Amd is still the better option.

No.

I gave you actual benchmarks and showed Intel offering a better performing CPU at a lower price then AMD's top performing CPU.

You're in denial.

 

[Lxxs]

You're right... Intel only has the top 15 places, AMD starts showing up on the benchmarks at 16th-18th. In my world, that's "significant"

High performance benchmark:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/3DMark-Vantage-High,2418.html


Overall performance benchmark:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/.../3DMark-Vantage-Overall-Performance,2416.html

Top performing AMD (Below 10 other Intels no matter what Benchmark you use):
CPU: Phenom II X6 1090T
Price: $323
Score: 14567

Intel ONE spot above AMD Phenom II X6 1090T:
CPU: Core i7-860
Price: $279.99
Score: 14812

Return your AMD while you still can.

Lol tom's hardware. If you're gonna post benchmarks can you atleast post a credible source?

Try this one. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 

[Bishop]

Lol tom's hardware. If you're gonna post benchmarks can you atleast post a credible source?

First... Tom's Hardware is extremely credible, unbias and been around for years - Unfortunately you're showing your credibility on this topic.

Second, Tom's Hardware is merely compiling the benchmarks. If you knew anything about the site, you'd know that you can select which programs you want the benchmark from. They include everything from specific game FPS benchmarks, to 7zip times, to 3DMark Vantage scores. I used 3Dmark, which again any overclocker would know IS a BENCHMARK by definition... They exist for the sole reason of comparing machines and giving scores.

Door is that way ====>


EDIT:

Please stop arguing for the sake of arguing. I would love AMD to be a superrior product, I like the company more - But they're not. They're significantly inferrior currently. They lost the edge they once had, hopefully they can gain it back.