Battle between AMD and Intel

intel has the undisputed performance crown period and all there processors OC well.

amd is better for a budget build and with the phenoms II they have great price to performance and are actually an option for enthusist unlike before the phenomII processors where intel was dominating amd in the higherend segment.

Intel is, i guess, better for certain things, but look at their prices! For a gamer who isn't "rich" i think amd would make more sense. It gives you more bang for you buck.JDV28

[QUOTE="JDV28"]Intel is, i guess, better for certain things, but look at their prices! For a gamer who isn't "rich" i think amd would make more sense. It gives you more bang for you buck.Aldouz

[QUOTE="Aldouz"][QUOTE="JDV28"]Intel is, i guess, better for certain things, but look at their prices! For a gamer who isn't "rich" i think amd would make more sense. It gives you more bang for you buck.jtschmitz

You can score some deals off of some Intel processors too.

The Q8200 is very nicely priced imho.

It also has to do with positive and negative experiences. I previously used an AMD X2 3800 with an ATIx1950xt and never felt quite satisfied with performance and bugs and whatever. Since then I've exclusively used Intel/Nvidia and that has been working for me.

Depends, it goes back and forth quite a lot, AMD had the best with the X2s then intel was the best with C2Ds now i think it's back to AMD as I7 kits are really expensive. It swings back and forth with video cards as well, currently ATI is in the lead i think which is good for AMD as there should be less people picking I7 because they want SLI.markop2003

Toms just did an article and they bottlenecked 2x 4890's with Phenom II X4 955.... Strange...

[QUOTE="markop2003"]Depends, it goes back and forth quite a lot, AMD had the best with the X2s then intel was the best with C2Ds now i think it's back to AMD as I7 kits are really expensive. It swings back and forth with video cards as well, currently ATI is in the lead i think which is good for AMD as there should be less people picking I7 because they want SLI.machiavell8x8

[QUOTE="markop2003"]Depends, it goes back and forth quite a lot, AMD had the best with the X2s then intel was the best with C2Ds now i think it's back to AMD as I7 kits are really expensive. It swings back and forth with video cards as well, currently ATI is in the lead i think which is good for AMD as there should be less people picking I7 because they want SLI.machiavell8x8

This summer I was going to buy an i7 since I had the money. But when I found about the i5s coming in the fall with their own mobo socket and that the core i7 920 will get discontinued, I decided to go with the Phenom II X4 955 BE. SImilar gaming performance for much cheaper price. Good enough for me :)the_ChEeSe_mAn2

[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]This summer I was going to buy an i7 since I had the money. But when I found about the i5s coming in the fall with their own mobo socket and that the core i7 920 will get discontinued, I decided to go with the Phenom II X4 955 BE. SImilar gaming performance for much cheaper price. Good enough for me :)machiavell8x8

[QUOTE="machiavell8x8"][QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]This summer I was going to buy an i7 since I had the money. But when I found about the i5s coming in the fall with their own mobo socket and that the core i7 920 will get discontinued, I decided to go with the Phenom II X4 955 BE. SImilar gaming performance for much cheaper price. Good enough for me :)markop2003

there's a difference between duel core and quad core when playing games too, like GTAIV. and as stated encoding shows some improvment as well. and if you can get a 6 core for about the same price as a quad then wouldn't you get it? i mean, software has been slow catching up to multicores but i think it might start picking up the pace here, its bound to happen sometime anyway lol

don't get me wrong tho im not saying anyone should upgrade from a good quad to a 6'er

I went with the Intel Core i7 this time around just because the ability to have SLI or Crossfire in my build. This was a selling point for me because I'm not a fan of either Nvidia or ATI, I just go for whats the best at the moment and the same goes for CPU's. I went with AMD on my first build and was extremely satisfied with AMD back in the single processor days and I had a difficult time deciding between the Phenom II 955BE or the Core i7 as they are both great processors for gaming.

there's a difference between duel core and quad core when playing games too, like GTAIV. and as stated encoding shows some improvment as well. and if you can get a 6 core for about the same price as a quad then wouldn't you get it? i mean, software has been slow catching up to multicores but i think it might start picking up the pace here, its bound to happen sometime anyway lol

don't get me wrong tho im not saying anyone should upgrade from a good quad to a 6'er

machiavell8x8

[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]This summer I was going to buy an i7 since I had the money. But when I found about the i5s coming in the fall with their own mobo socket and that the core i7 920 will get discontinued, I decided to go with the Phenom II X4 955 BE. SImilar gaming performance for much cheaper price. Good enough for me :)machiavell8x8

Personally, i find it outrageous to pay THAT MUCH extra, for a cpu that has a slower clock speed, and isnt as good for gaming. I would never even consider intel. AMD is just as great, with just as much good CPUs, but they dont try to steal every last penny out of your bank account.JDV28

Hate to burst your bubble but the i7 is the performance king even with the lower clock speeds an i7 920 will bear any amd processor, and it is the best processor for gaming (i'm not talking about price/performance or anything, just performance.)

I take intel simply because right now they have the best technology by far, I mean think about it, Amd was only able to catch up to around kentsfield/yorkfield level and Kentsfield is over 2 years old, with Nehalem I think the reason we haven't seen them start to dominate the other processors in games as they do in everything else is because the software hasn't caught up.

With graphics cards i normally prefer NVIDIA because of their unique benefits like CUDA and loads of other stuff....but with CPU's its just a case of price/performance....i see no point in having a favorite.

Hate to burst your bubble, but Ati and AMD know what the meaning of price/performance means and they are going to rule the market.ryokinshin6x3

This has got to be the dumbest and worst fanboy bias....lmao, you 2 continue thinking like that and I guess this is why Nvidia and Intel will continue to charge as much as they want, we prefer it.

I have always liked amd, I havent had a bad experience yet.

This has got to be the dumbest and worst fanboy bias....lmao, you 2 continue thinking like that and I guess this is why Nvidia and Intel will continue to charge as much as they want, we prefer it.

ryokinshin6x3

I prefer AMD. I dislike Intel cause they are way to expensive and whats with this crap i3, i5, i7.... How many freaking sockets do you need? Can't you keep it simple like AM3.

One socket should be enought, three is a joke IMO.

Plus who needs i7. Sure its a beast of a platform but what's the point since you hardly need this power, you are just paying more while AMD can provide pretty much the same experience. In general task you can't tell the difference between Intel/AMD so why pay more for crap you don't need?

I prefer AMD. I dislike Intel cause they are way to expensive and whats with this crap i3, i5, i7.... How many freaking sockets do you need? Can't you keep it simple like AMD3.

One socket should be enought, three is a joke IMO.

Plus who needs i7. Sure its a beast of a platform but what's the point since you hardly need this power, you are just paying more while AMD can provide pretty much the same experience. In general task you can't tell the difference between Intel/AMD so why pay more for crap you don't need?

Mitjastiskovski

I bought an intel cause I like blue.........j/k

I bought an intel cause I like Nvidia and I have this notion that if I buy an AMD and an Nvidia card it will cause the card to spontaneously combust cause of the hate. So I think intel is better in short.

First off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dYpnd_9TFs

Second: There is no denying that Intel is strongly ahead of the curve in terms of its technology. AMD tries to compete by offering strong price/performance products, mainly geared toward mainstream and low-end consumer cpus.

Both provide their various products at varying prices, but this is a general, acceptable rule.

It really just comes down to what amount of $$$ you're willing to spend and the price/perf ratios of the CPUs within that range, which varies as new tech emerges.

For my (I'd like to think it's somewhat high-end) gaming machine, I went with Intel. My E8500 @ 3.8Ghz is not a bottleneck for any game out there.

I just ordered a second set of parts to build a moderate AMD rig (mostly for fun). Phenom X2 550 (Hope to unlock at least one core), 4GB Ram, Biostar TA790GX (or something), HD4670, etc. Not a world killer, but nice for mid-range gaming.

Buy whichever brand you prefer, but smart consumers will buy the best in their price range that does what they want it to do, not the brand. (Buying AMD because it isn't Intel does not a savvy consumer make :D)

due this year core i3 core i5 and also 6 core end of 2009, today as you all know intel king right now.

I think that AMD positioned themselves perfectly right now. It is an interesting discussion because it goes far beyond one processor vs. the next. It is budgeting, marketing, planning, strategy, and technology. If AMD had a processor that could compete with the i7 but cost as much they would release it right??? Right? I am not so sure. But that's just my opinion. Being biased and fan-boy like about one system or another is just silly. Geeks and their prejudices :)

i heard that the Phenom 2 is competting with the i7 (on some level)

i heard that the Phenom 2 is competting with the i7 (on some level)

sentenced83

i heard that the Phenom 2 is competting with the i7 (on some level)

sentenced83