| ImporTuner |
What is the DIFFERENCE between INTEL and AMD?
And out of the two which is better?:dunno: |
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| Wolfdio |
| I read in some magazine that the AMD athlon and the Intel pentium 4 chip use the same technology (except the HT and amd's "x2dualcore"). Intel was building a lawsuit over that, but I don't remember hearing about if they went through with it... oh and AMD is cheaper:thumbup: |
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| Inzane |
They've kind of flip flopped through the last couple generations of chip. Sometimes Intel is better, sometimes AMD, but always for different reasons.
For the last few years, AMD tended to get the nod from a purely gamer rig standpoint. Intel for intensive business applications (spreadsheets, etc.).
But things change so much so often its hard to care enough after buying YOUR computer that once you're immediate research and purchase is over with, you almost have to re-start your whole investigative research from scratch even 6 months later. |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
In terms of gaming, the AMD pulls out strongly against the AMD time and time again less than the cost of Intel.
Don't know how they do it, but hey, it works, so good, I bought one :) |
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| Rich_A |
| AMD, cheaper? ha, back in the T-Bird days maybe.. |
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| McFly |
| AMD makes nuts gaming processors and even more insane server processors |
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| jarago |
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Originally posted by Rich_A
AMD, cheaper? ha, back in the T-Bird days maybe..
wtf? You don't think AMD is cheaper? |
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| Mobius |
They are not similar at all. They are designed with different uses in mind. For instance, a 2.2 Ghz AMD proc is similar to a 3.4 Ghz Intel. The AMD operates with much faster cycles per second, and therefore does not need as much Ghz to operate efficiently. Intel on the otherhand uses less cycles and therefore trys to get as much Ghz as possible for transferring data.
Basically, because the way they are build AMD processors are good for gaming or operating single programs. It uses the available Ghz to send data back and forth between, say, Doom 3, and it is able to make the computations much faster because of the high cycle rate. However, if you are running a few programs at the same time the data transfer becomes jammed and the increased cycles become useless. An intel has larger data transfer capibilities therefore it can operate more than one program at the same time without as much difficulty. And thus Intel is better for business computers ect.
And then there is dual core........
Edit, AMD is not cheaper at all, however it works out to being the same price because the motherboards are much cheaper than intel boards. |
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| BananaBoy |
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Edit, AMD is not cheaper at all, however it works out to being the same price because the motherboards are much cheaper than intel boards.
This is a bit of an unfair comparison. Both 775 (Intel) and 939 (AMD) have a full range of mobo's from $70 to as high as $300+. It all depends on the features your looking for. A decent mobo for both chips is about $100ish.
Prices from Memory Express show a P4 3.06 = $140 and a AMD 3200+ = $120 but $20 is hardly a deciding factor when when your building the average home computer.
I have an AMD but my choice based on the lower operating temp so I can build a super quiet system, not on speed, price or computing power.
Intel vs AMD, Ford vs Chevy, Beta vs VHS, Jedi vs Sith. All epic battles that don't really mean anything, just use that ever you want and may the force be with you. :p |
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| ImporTuner |
| but no doubt VHS is better than Beta |
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| Rich_A |
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Originally posted by BananaBoy
This is a bit of an unfair comparison. Both 775 (Intel) and 939 (AMD) have a full range of mobo's from $70 to as high as $300+. It all depends on the features your looking for. A decent mobo for both chips is about $100ish.
Prices from Memory Express show a P4 3.06 = $140 and a AMD 3200+ = $120 but $20 is hardly a deciding factor when when your building the average home computer.
I have an AMD but my choice based on the lower operating temp so I can build a super quiet system, not on speed, price or computing power.
Intel vs AMD, Ford vs Chevy, Beta vs VHS, Jedi vs Sith. All epic battles that don't really mean anything, just use that ever you want and may the force be with you. :p
Clearly the Jedi > the Sith. Mace Windu fucking owned the Sith Lord himself and would have easily prawned his bitch ass out the window if it wasn't for that dumbass crybaby.
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| BananaBoy |
| And Mace has a Purple Light Sabre, a definate sign of 'betterness'. :thumbup: I wonder what colour Bill Gates and Steve Jobs light sabres would be. Windows Blue and Mac White? :lol: |
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| scooby_dooby |
Umm..well...AMD is like sooo kewl...and Intel is just like totally lame :thumbup:
I'd go with AMD cause they're cheap and fast. Pentium's are great if you do alot of file encoding stuff like that, multitaskin and gaming you might as well go with AMD especially since it's cheaper.
The intel chips seem to be getting pretty cheap as well nowadays though. |
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