AMD vs Intel (2010) - Page 2

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · February 13th, 2010, 12:44

Getting a Q9550 or Q9505 or better should be cheapest for you actually given your current system.

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maximoom · February 13th, 2010, 16:51

I vote for intel since i have one now, and he is quite good.

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dimentionalrift · February 15th, 2010, 15:52

I go for Intel this year...since for now we only have 2 years, 9 months and 6 days left to live (till 12/21/2012)...might as well get an i7 and have some serious fun!

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IamU · February 26th, 2010, 08:23

I love intel for the core iX series ..........

StriderVM · February 27th, 2010, 11:54

I do not have much disposable income, so in this year, still AMD for me. Although Intel's lowest end processors coupled with the cheapest have slightly more overclocking edge than the cheapest AMD processor + motherboards......

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guest.r · April 18th, 2010, 20:23

Must admit Amd does much for PC gaming industry. Intel has the heavy armored horses on the move, very good in all aspects, perhaps overencumbered with their own importance and benchmarks which include HT support.

IMHO gamers can skip the i3, i5, i7 models and such, considering Physx and CUDA...
Perhaps not in the portable sector.

Squall-Leonhart · April 19th, 2010, 02:10

i7 is the only processor to fully enable the maximum SLI and Xfire scaling.

guest.r · April 19th, 2010, 08:05

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Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

i7 is the only processor to fully enable the maximum SLI and Xfire scaling.

Which is a shame actually.
Because - it means the double pack could be missing the option to enhance the image quality even more significantly.

And it's hard to belive Yorkfields and Wolfdales fail there in any aspect, regarding their large L2 cache and OC potential. A gamer can buy one of them, make it work at almost 4GHz and voila.

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Squall-Leonhart · April 19th, 2010, 08:17

i3 and i5 are limited in their own ways.

crap pci-e interface being the main.

Kane3162 · April 19th, 2010, 08:25

I "PREFER" as you stated in the poll, AMD...

but IntHELL has the current lead in performance... but they are botching it with nVidia right now... watching the fallout is FUNNY AS HELL!

nanaya · April 27th, 2010, 08:37

Phenom X6 looks to be mighty enticing, offering more or less i7 920 performance level while maintaining the old platform compatibility with LESS prices? Looks to be a new price/perf champ to me.

Some benchmarks
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Review - Page 1 - Introduction
Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T review
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Review - Overclockers Club
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE & 1055T - Introduction
AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
or just look at April 27th 2010 "Today's Review" at techPowerUp! - The latest in hardware and gaming

Note, if you care only about game X6 is pretty much superfluous.

**n_w95482** · April 27th, 2010, 08:46

I really like my i7, but I do like AMD's cross-socket/processor compatibility. I've suggested Phenom II builds to a few friends and co-workers and all of them are very happy with the performance. My dad got a cheapo Dell with an Athlon II X2 and onboard video a couple of months back and it's quite a screamer. Had I ended up building my current PC a few months later, I might had gone that route myself (Phenom II wasn't out yet).

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nanaya · April 27th, 2010, 08:56

920 is a nice processor too, personally before this X6 out I'd go with it if I had the money but now I'm not so sure.

Hopefully this will knock Intel some sense and began a conquest of Price Wars, and then we all win.

Strike105X · April 27th, 2010, 09:37

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Originally Posted by nanaya

Hopefully this will knock Intel some sense and began a conquest of Price Wars, and then we all win.

That will never happen...

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nanaya · April 27th, 2010, 10:16

I really really hope you're wrong, though the odds are againts me.

theburwell · June 17th, 2010, 13:31

I prefer AMD over Intel. but as you can see, i'm a bit stuck with intel. terrible, terrible intel to boot

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Bill_gates · September 18th, 2010, 01:28

Ive used nothing but intel cpus for over a decade. Im excited to see what intel will bring with Sandy Bridge next year

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Dennemark · September 18th, 2010, 13:30

I prefer AMD myself, just because they offer good gaming processors for a low price.

Can't wait till Bulldozer and Bobcat though, they are very promising.

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StriderVM · September 18th, 2010, 13:38

Well, the problem is that Intel still has the most powerful processor. Because of that. It also gives the impression to the newbies that the less powerful versions of their processors are faster than the competition.

My current thoughts is that I'm a little worried about Bulldozer, as they seem to trying to do the Pentium 4 way, sacrificing a little IPC for more frequency. But if they can still improve the current IPC of the Phenom 2 processors but enable Pentium 4 class overclocking (8 Ghz is the highest recorded CPU frequency on CPU-Z isn't it?) I'd be impressed.

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · September 18th, 2010, 16:02

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Originally Posted by Dennemark

I prefer AMD myself, just because they offer good gaming processors for a low price.

good gaming processors? no....a heck of a lot cheaper sure, but good no...at least not when compared to Intel. I see you selectively choose to forget the original X2s and the original Phenoms. Though not even with the Phenom2's did they fully catchup, but if you can get performance a lot stronger compared to how much cheaper the price is VS the competition that's why AMD still makes sense.

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February 13th, 2010, 12:44	#21
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,676	Getting a Q9550 or Q9505 or better should be cheapest for you actually given your current system. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

February 13th, 2010, 16:51	#22
maximoom Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Brazil Posts: 19	I vote for intel since i have one now, and he is quite good. __________________ OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bits Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2C CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8400 (4x 2.66ghz /4MB L2 cache /1333FSB) GPU: GeForce GTS250 (1GB) RAM: 4GB ddr2-667mhz Kingston HD: Samsumg HD502HI (500GB) Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2033 (20" Widescreen)

February 15th, 2010, 15:52	#23
dimentionalrift Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Israel Posts: 640	I go for Intel this year...since for now we only have 2 years, 9 months and 6 days left to live (till 12/21/2012)...might as well get an i7 and have some serious fun! __________________ NEW SYSTEM: Core i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz/ASUS P9X79/Corsair XMS3 4x4GB @ 1333MHz/OCZ 850W Gold/Gigabyte GTX680OC WindForce/Samsung 350H 24'' LED/Noctua D-14 2011 Special Edition/WD 1TB Caviar red 32MB @ 5400rpm/Microsoft 600 Board/Microsoft 4000 Mouse

February 26th, 2010, 08:23	#24
IamU Just remember IamU Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Unknown Posts: 129	I love intel for the core iX series ..........

February 27th, 2010, 11:54	#25
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,852	I do not have much disposable income, so in this year, still AMD for me. Although Intel's lowest end processors coupled with the cheapest have slightly more overclocking edge than the cheapest AMD processor + motherboards...... __________________

April 18th, 2010, 20:23	#26
guest.r Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: emuforums Posts: 293	Must admit Amd does much for PC gaming industry. Intel has the heavy armored horses on the move, very good in all aspects, perhaps overencumbered with their own importance and benchmarks which include HT support. IMHO gamers can skip the i3, i5, i7 models and such, considering Physx and CUDA... Perhaps not in the portable sector.

April 19th, 2010, 02:10	#27
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	i7 is the only processor to fully enable the maximum SLI and Xfire scaling.

April 19th, 2010, 08:17	#29
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	i3 and i5 are limited in their own ways. crap pci-e interface being the main.

April 19th, 2010, 08:25	#30
Kane3162 BlackHand Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 13	I "PREFER" as you stated in the poll, AMD... but IntHELL has the current lead in performance... but they are botching it with nVidia right now... watching the fallout is FUNNY AS HELL!

April 27th, 2010, 08:37	#31
nanaya ┐(￣ー￣)┌ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dipokusumo Posts: 2,060	Phenom X6 looks to be mighty enticing, offering more or less i7 920 performance level while maintaining the old platform compatibility with LESS prices? Looks to be a new price/perf champ to me. Some benchmarks AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Review - Page 1 - Introduction Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T review AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Review - Overclockers Club AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE & 1055T - Introduction AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News or just look at April 27th 2010 "Today's Review" at techPowerUp! - The latest in hardware and gaming Note, if you care only about game X6 is pretty much superfluous.

April 27th, 2010, 08:46	#32
n_w95482 Gone Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 6,336	I really like my i7, but I do like AMD's cross-socket/processor compatibility. I've suggested Phenom II builds to a few friends and co-workers and all of them are very happy with the performance. My dad got a cheapo Dell with an Athlon II X2 and onboard video a couple of months back and it's quite a screamer. Had I ended up building my current PC a few months later, I might had gone that route myself (Phenom II wasn't out yet). __________________ Later.

April 27th, 2010, 08:56	#33
nanaya ┐(￣ー￣)┌ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dipokusumo Posts: 2,060	920 is a nice processor too, personally before this X6 out I'd go with it if I had the money but now I'm not so sure. Hopefully this will knock Intel some sense and began a conquest of Price Wars, and then we all win.

April 27th, 2010, 10:16	#35
nanaya ┐(￣ー￣)┌ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dipokusumo Posts: 2,060	I really really hope you're wrong, though the odds are againts me.

September 18th, 2010, 01:28	#37
Bill_gates Linux's worst nightmare.. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,507	Ive used nothing but intel cpus for over a decade. Im excited to see what intel will bring with Sandy Bridge next year __________________ OS: WinXP Professional Service Pack 3 CPU: Intel pentium 4 3.0GHz Video: Nvidia Geforce 8400GS Sound: ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Audio Card Memory: 512 MB HD: [C:] 140.36/449.09 GB Connection: Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

September 18th, 2010, 13:38	#39
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,852	Well, the problem is that Intel still has the most powerful processor. Because of that. It also gives the impression to the newbies that the less powerful versions of their processors are faster than the competition. My current thoughts is that I'm a little worried about Bulldozer, as they seem to trying to do the Pentium 4 way, sacrificing a little IPC for more frequency. But if they can still improve the current IPC of the Phenom 2 processors but enable Pentium 4 class overclocking (8 Ghz is the highest recorded CPU frequency on CPU-Z isn't it?) I'd be impressed. __________________