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Nikaido:
--- Quote from: Drew on January 16, 2010, 07:36:02 AM ---nVidia appears to be straying away from more mainstream uses of their GPUs, structuring it more towards the high-end business/research markets - and leaving everyone else, including gamers - their biggest customer base - out in the cold.
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I'll make sure to keep that in mind when I'm finding components for the computer I plan to build. Just have to save up the money first.
Arveene:
--- Quote from: Drew on January 16, 2010, 07:36:02 AM ---Well, if you want things that are going to sell, stick with Intel for CPU and AMD (ATI) for GPU. It seems that AMD just doesn't give a fuck about the CPU market at all, and on the graphics side of things, nVidia appears to be straying away from more mainstream uses of their GPUs, structuring it more towards the high-end business/research markets - and leaving everyone else, including gamers - their biggest customer base - out in the cold. That's really the only advice I've got for you. Good luck! The hardware market can be really rough.
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Part of that was because AMD had NO chance in the CPU market. With the recent lawsuit settlement, they now have a fighting chance. AMD has always been strong in the mid-range markets imo. (<$100 quad core? Hell yes.) Intel has a strong hold on high-end CPUs still, and likely will for awhile long. We'll see what AMD can do with Bulldozer and Bobcat, but those are still awhile away.
ATI cards are quite good not, but I haven't had once since the old Radeon 9800 days though. A bad experience led me to change over to Nvidia cards and I stick with them since then.
Spanks:
--- Quote from: Arveene on January 16, 2010, 10:23:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: Drew on January 16, 2010, 07:36:02 AM ---Well, if you want things that are going to sell, stick with Intel for CPU and AMD (ATI) for GPU. It seems that AMD just doesn't give a fuck about the CPU market at all, and on the graphics side of things, nVidia appears to be straying away from more mainstream uses of their GPUs, structuring it more towards the high-end business/research markets - and leaving everyone else, including gamers - their biggest customer base - out in the cold. That's really the only advice I've got for you. Good luck! The hardware market can be really rough.
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Part of that was because AMD had NO chance in the CPU market. With the recent lawsuit settlement, they now have a fighting chance. AMD has always been strong in the mid-range markets imo. (<$100 quad core? Hell yes.) Intel has a strong hold on high-end CPUs still, and likely will for awhile long. We'll see what AMD can do with Bulldozer and Bobcat, but those are still awhile away.
ATI cards are quite good not, but I haven't had once since the old Radeon 9800 days though. A bad experience led me to change over to Nvidia cards and I stick with them since then.
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The lawsuit settlement wasn't that successful so it wont make much of a difference(so i read) And yes Intel have the step up on them and have for a while but it changes every quarter, and really now-a-days you get what you pay for. There isnt really any difference between the two when it comes to GPU's
cpu price rant (click to show/hide)You can buy an I7 with more processing power then you will ever need for $600 or go one step down in charts and get top range quad core for $200. What intel have the advantage atm is the low power, cheap i3 and i5 for laptops and business comps and the ones with the gpu inside(forgot names).
to Mikan: mid to almost top range cheap parts with no costumer service, is how the busiest(don't know about profitable) computer parts store goes in this country. Are you sure about consoles? retailers dont make much money on them.
Now for the interesting question, Bakabt discount????
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