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Intel kicking AMD to the curb?
kyanwan:
Yes. AMD has been doing that forever. Kids. They think AMD is going somewhere.
I think people have been saying the same thing since AMD was making their clone 286s, 386s, 486s, 5x86s, K6s, K6-2's, Athlons, AthlonXPs, Athlon64s, Athlon X2s, ... never mind. AMD's deathblow has been dealt over 9000 times. It's not going to happen.
For such a shitty little company- AMD is giving Intel a run for its money. AMD has a huge *CASH* infusion, and a new investor, new factories, R&D - and effectively - a competitive advantage given to them in a market of extreme difficulty.
Sure, Intel may be superior - but - this is an AMD market, not an Intel market. You need to look at more aspects, than just "zomg which is better".
Because the guy on a budget ( eg: your parents, the rest of the world, people who pay rent ) - doesn't exactly want or need an i7.
For my own case, I'd rather buy a pimp GPU - or 2 - than an i7. I've never gotten awesome gaming out of an uber CPU.
Though, I've always gotten good results from a good GPU.
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kureshii is right. People easily forget the days when Intel had 90% market share (mid 90s), before AMD bought NexGen and started making CPUs that were a fraction of the cost of Intel - and offered equal or better performance. PCs were $2000.00 for something decent then.
Intel, was *forced* to bring their prices down when the market split 50-50.
You should be rooting for AMD - or else you probably wouldn't HAVE an i7. ( or it would have cost you twice as much. )
Lupin:
--- Quote from: kyanwan on July 18, 2009, 11:32:09 PM ---For my own case, I'd rather buy a pimp GPU - or 2 - than an i7. I've never gotten awesome gaming out of an uber CPU.
Though, I've always gotten good results from a good GPU.
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This would be the better thing to do.
Sosseres:
There are a few titles each year that get CPU limited. The most spectacular case in recent time was Supreme Commander, with a high end dual core that game went to a crawl on the larger maps with lots of units. With a quad it took a while longer.
Reape:
I personally wouldn't like to buy anything bearing intel mark because of some of the more or less recent deeds they have done on the markets in attempt to kill AMD.
Currently having a Phenom II x4 build and I have nothing bad to say about it.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: Reape on July 19, 2009, 12:40:15 PM ---I personally wouldn't like to buy anything bearing intel mark because of some of the more or less recent deeds they have done on the markets in attempt to kill AMD.
Currently having a Phenom II x4 build and I have nothing bad to say about it.
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ah the usual "oh but but they play dirty it's not fair" crying.
If you actually say something more relevant like Phenom II is cheaper, runs just as good as C2Q, and is highly overclockable I would've agreed with you.
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