Mr Pink :
I am still supporting AMD in this times of turmoil. Did you know that AMD's stock is near to $10+ on early 2006 and now it's lingering on the $5 range? It's just how bad it is in AMD's camp. When they bought ATI, ATI's stock is on the $5 range as well. Now, even with both companies are now in $5.
Of course before it was ok, AMD survived even on the 5x86 and the K6 days. But since their acquisition of ATI on the near exact time the Core architecture was announced......
But currently, Intel's offerings will drive AMD to bankrupcy if this continues.
AMD's processors are priced so low because it's the only way to be competitive.
Would you believe that you would need an AthlonX2 running at 3.8Ghz to reach the same performance level of a Core2Duo running at 3.0Ghz? The situation was reversed about 2 yeas ago.....
Even on such bad times, I still support AMD. Thats why I'm planning to buy a Radeon 3850 when I have the money.
PS. Look at sims, when he first bought a Core2Duo, he wasn't impressed, but in less than 2 months, he's now an Intel supporter.... I think it's still found in their archives here somewhere....
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