Intel vs AMD

Which CPU for you?

  • AMD

    Votes: 58 43.0%

  • Intel

    Votes: 58 43.0%

  • Doesnt really matter to me

    Votes: 19 14.1%
  • Total voters
    135
So I will continue to use Toms Hardware as my resource till someone else puts the effort in, I'd put the effort in if I had the monetary resources...
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Bit-Tech
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/02/22/amd_athlon_64_x2_6000/1.html

Legit Reviews
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/463/1/

Penstarsys
http://www.penstarsys.com/reviews/cpu/amd/x2_6000_am2/index.html

Hothardware
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/AMD_Athlon_64_X2_6000/

SharkyExtreme
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/cpu/article.php/3660771

TechReport
http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q1/athlon64-x2-6000/index.x?pg=1

Hexus
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7913
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Come now, all the above are but a few that have AMD's highest performing part the 6000+ losing to the Intel E6600. By deduction one has to conclude that everything else form AMD is even slower.
More than that, look at the numbers themselves, its not an almost equal trade between the CPUs its a white wash by Intel's E6600 sometimes E6400.

Guys I think your opinion of THG is overrated. Ask any ovreclocker from anywhere worth their salt when last they visited THG for anything...
 
Ok, you are correct, but like I said, I dont want to go look around for 6000 vs 5000 and 5000 vs 6400 and 3800 vs P-D 950 reviews all over tha place, I would love to have something like the CPU charts at a more respectable AnandTech.com to we can get the mckoya info...

Or maybe at systemshcok.co.za? ;)
 
Nameite said:
Intel(for winter)! For being a good heater and a cpu ;)

Otherwise AMD :P
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Very good heater indeed, but you need AMD to fry an egg or boil water for coffee. With the extreme cost of proper cooling, Intel may just be the cheaper option... ;)
Unless you run your perculator off the water cooled AMD system to save on the precious Eishkom power. :cool:
 
I must say that the different in heat generated between my two systems is staggering. My AMD idles at 28'C while my Intel idles at 45'C.

Wasn't there a lot of heat problems with the old Pentium models if I remember correctly?
 
intel cpu's are also way better because man o man can those e6400 and e6300 overclock well

well enough to to beat any amd cpu
 
I don't know if it is still applicable after AMD's pricecut, but back in December, when choosing components for my new PC, I determined that, according to the RRP and several different types of benchmark, the Intel Core2Duo E6300 was the most cost-effective CPU (i.e. the best power to price ratio) one could buy at the the time. Much more cost-effective than any AMD and they even overclock better than the AMDs (although I'm not that into overclocking).

As I'm saying, I don't know whether it is still the situation, but I bought an Intel and have done so for my last two PC's after careful analysis of what's available. Each time it has been a logical choice, not just because I "like Intel".
 
yip ive learned that you cannot support a company because they all try and rip you off until they are behind the comp

buy the best bang for buck does not matter who creates it
 
Hey killa, sounds like sours grapes man. AMD didnt rip you off, they had to eventually make a profit off their CPU after years of loss, now they have funds to design much better CPUs in the future...

Competition is good :)
 
I have always preferred AMD. I have a 4200+ x2 on an ASUS board and never had any performance issues.

Otherwise I have always had the opinion that AMD is better with graphics and Intel with math/word processing and windows based functions.

Their new strategies support my view as Intel have gone quad-core and AMD are implementing some sort of GPU with their processors.
 
no you faboi amd whore :)

if amd sold their superior cpu's at a better price than intel they would have gained alot more market share

instead they chose to rip off the gamers because their cpu beat anything intel could offer

how much more profit would they have made if they gained alot more market share?
 
Careful now. Through out the entire life span of the AthlonXP it was overpriced but delivered better performance than Pentium4, we were under paying heavily for AthlonXP. Athlon64 set the price right again and as you could see the prices were inline with Intel offerings.

AMD price cuts are feasible now because the last K8 chip has come out and there'll be no more based on that architecture (maybe Sempron's but unlikely).

K10 chips will be at the proper price again
 
Yes, I agree 100% with ShockG, the AMD prices were never excessive, Intel charged the same prices if not more for their Intel CPU's and currently there isn't even a contest with their top end CPU retailing in the US for +- $1100

Intel and Amd BOTH do exactly the same thing when they have the top CPU, they charge a lot for it, except for one difference Intel NEVER drops their prices as low as Amd.

I support whichever brand is the cheapest ;) Which just so happened to be Amd since the P3 days, well at least each time I decide to upgrade.
 
tell me something

youve got 5-15% of the market buying your cpu's
do you:

A. Charge the same as the next company
B. go in lower to gain market share
C. charge more because your product is better

AMD chose to charge the same if not more

At one stage AMD was a bit more expensive than intel

Also what has put me off AMD is the changing of sockets very often

754 939 am2 is this new cpu going to be the different socket again

Intel has lga 775 out for so long now, when core 2 came out it was lga and most boards could use it with a bios update

So being an amd fanboi like i was, was getting a bit expensive

Every time i upgraded my cpu i had to upgrade my mobo
 
killadoob said:
tell me something

youve got 5-15% of the market buying your cpu's
do you:

A. Charge the same as the next company
B. go in lower to gain market share
C. charge more because your product is better

AMD chose to charge the same if not more

At one stage AMD was a bit more expensive than intel

Also what has put me off AMD is the changing of sockets very often

754 939 am2 is this new cpu going to be the different socket again

Intel has lga 775 out for so long now, when core 2 came out it was lga and most boards could use it with a bios update

So being an amd fanboi like i was, was getting a bit expensive

Every time i upgraded my cpu i had to upgrade my mobo
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Interesting to note that a marketing strategy can include overcharging for something to make it seemingly more exclusive and better quality. Price can very well influence the general public's perception of a product both ways.

Just thought I would share :) many products and services out there use this approach
 
yes but remember one thing Intel and AMD are the only 2 companies making decent cpu's for everyday use

remember also that majority of companies and business's will only use an intel based pc

The only way to get companies to use AMD's cpu's is price and performance

You tell a client of your that wants 20 computers for their business that for alot less they can get a faster system? you think they will say NO?

also once you get millions of AMD's into companies work of mouth kicks in

Word of mouth is by the far the best advertising there is
 
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At this moment I've got a E6400, cost me about R2100. I've overclocked it to 3.4Ghz but for everyday use I run it at 3.2Ghz. At this speed it outperforms any CPU at stock speed (could be wrong about this, ShockG?). With some water cooling it idles at 23C (on a cold morning i can go as low as 19C) and on load it hits 40C (again, cold morning temp around 35C). Coretemps are 6C higher each time obviously.

I'm happy with it for now. Will see what AMD brings out then decide what I'll do. But to be honest I doubt that I'll get myself a new CPU within the next 12-18 months.
 
killadoob said:
Also what has put me off AMD is the changing of sockets very often

754 939 am2 is this new cpu going to be the different socket again

Intel has lga 775 out for so long now, when core 2 came out it was lga and most boards could use it with a bios update

So being an amd fanboi like i was, was getting a bit expensive

Every time i upgraded my cpu i had to upgrade my mobo
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Thats rich. Intel had all these chipset revisions (but same socket) that wouldnt handle this or that CPU when there was a change. Its much better now, but you can still get motherboards that wont do C2Ds...

All AMD mobos could handle all AMD CPU's of the same socket...
 
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