Which CPU brand do you choose?

Your CPU brand

  • AMD

    Votes: 455 62.0%

  • Intel

    Votes: 262 35.7%

  • Power PC

    Votes: 8 1.1%

  • other (specify)

    Votes: 9 1.2%
  • Total voters
    734
Praetor said:
More thinking less impulse-posting :)
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I have trouble with that, if you havn't noticed


I meant exactly what I said. "Speed" is utterly useless without "performance". Notice how ATi video cards, with a 100+ MHz core advantage dont cleansweep nVidia? Notice how Intel, with a 1GHz advntage dont cleansweep AMD? Yes, well thats speed vs performance for you ... and speed mean jack all overall
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OK, now I (think I) understand
 
I have trouble with that, if you havn't noticed
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;) And I also noticed the application for mod.... 'sides werent you supposed to be some GPA4.5 kid? :P


you could substitute "performance" for "efficiency", I think they mean the same thing in this analogy
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Yes pretty much :)
 
Praetor said:
;) And I also noticed the application for mod.... 'sides werent you supposed to be some GPA4.5 kid? :P
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I thought we had dropped that......

I didn't expect to be a mod, but it doesn't hurt to try......what happened to my application?

How do you get to be a VIP mamber?
 
I thought we had dropped that......

I didn't expect to be a mod, but it doesn't hurt to try......what happened to my application?
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1 "We" didnt do anything.
2 Denied, mostly due to reasons that should be apparent to you

How do you get to be a VIP mamber?
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Off topic (and already answered elsewheres)
 
I think P4 HT is better then AMD for gaming, business, home use, and theres alot more software and hardware thats compatible with intel vs AMD.
 
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geoff5093 said:
I think P4 HT is better then AMD, probably not for overclocking, but for every other use. You can find more motherboards that support Intel and there is mroe compatible hardware for Intel vs AMD. Although i never had an AMD, i cant say which one is better for gaming.
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There are more mobos because there are more socket types

For ocing, some intels are good, but some run amazingly hot. The AMD Athlon64 3500 socket 939 cpu is a great one for OCing
 
I think P4 HT is better then AMD, probably not for overclocking, but for every other use. You can find more motherboards that support Intel and there is mroe compatible hardware for Intel vs AMD.
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I will grant you that HT is a novelty I wish AMD would sucker up and license from Intel (or make their own). But in all reality HT isnt all that useful unless you plan to do multiple high intensity tasks .. uh ... all at once .... so how many people play Doom3 and encode DVDs? :P

As for OCing you've got it backwards :P The significantly longer pipeline structure of the P4 allows it to OC much higher than AMD. As for the number of mobos ... perhaps there are more mobos for P4s (i dont think so but im not debating that), but as long as both sides have at least 6 mobos (which they do), to cater to first-second choice for high end, midrange and budget ... who cares about the other motherboards? Quality and performance over quality :)

For ocing, some intels are good, but some run amazingly hot.
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True but heat doesnt limit the OC threshold :)

The AMD Athlon64 3500 socket 939 cpu is a great one for OCing
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Only if you've got nice memory (cuz thats the bottleneck now, rather than the mobo) :|
 
1. Crappy heating doesnt stop you from setting the clock to whatever frequency nor does it stop you from actually saving those settings.

2. Common sense does (hopefully :P)

3. Even systems with awesome cooling, CPUs die all the time -- it's the voltage that takes them out rather than the heat :)
 
I have always chosen Intel because I know where I stand with Intel, and now that they're closing the gap between themselves and AMD I think that its gonna be a good battle of the chips. :D
 
Intel has been making quite a lot of breakthroughs in their technology with dual core, 64bit processors and the move to a 45nm process in two years time. I recon everyone (UK) will be on 4.4Ghz or more by the end of the decade.
 
OS Dragon said:
I recon everyone (UK) will be on 4.4Ghz or more by the end of the decade.
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First off, Intel stopped working on the 4.0GHz processor so they could devote their time to the dual core. And remember, not everyone (not just UK... but the rest of the technologically advanced countries) owns a computer. And out of those who do, not everyone has a Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon ... many people have older computers, and a decade from now the same will be true.
 
Intel has been making quite a lot of breakthroughs in their technology with dual core, 64bit processors and the move to a 45nm process in two years time
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You have a collision of verb (and noun) tenses....
 
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