AMD vs Intel

[Mr. Sam]

Most people take sides saying they like only AMD or only Intel. I'd like to know all your opinions on which you like better and why... Tough question which I've wondered alot about myself. :P

[query]

We've been down this path at Poasters before - if you search, you'll find some extended threads on the issue.

[Mr. Sam]

I hope I'm not asking for too much, but could you give me a link to a thread that's what I'm looking for here?

[query]

Here's one of them

http://www.poasters.com/forum/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=8068;start=0

[Mark H]

The thread linked earlier was started by myself, however, I was looking for a specialized purpose machine. Your computer's use may differ from my own.

Here are some more threads for what you may be wanting:

http://www.poasters.com/forum/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=7911

http://www.poasters.com/forum/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=6975

http://www.poasters.com/forum/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=3788

It is more a thing of preferrence. Both AMD and Intel make good chips. They alternate with having the fastest chip. Asking this question is sort of like the Canon - Nikon debate that photographers argue. Both cameras are great just like the AMD and Intel chips are great.

Mark H

[Neon]

I hope I'm not asking for too much, but could you give me a link to a thread that's what I'm looking for here?

Perhaps you haven't noticed that our forum has a Search function? :-\\ It is located near the top, in the Main Menu.

Ford vs Chevy
Ginger vs Mary Ann
Spy vs Spy
The answer is AMD ;D

[pat]

Mary Ann & AMD  :P

[Mark H]

One I hear often as a hobbiest photographer is:

Nikon vs Canon
digital vs film

I think what Pat really meant was:

Mary Ann or Ginger (my pick is Mary Ann from Giligan's Island)

Mark H

[pat]

Yep, like I said.
Mary Ann & AMD  ::)

Also don't forget.
Night vs Day
Yin vs Yang
Scuzzy vs Ace

[Mark H]

Scuzzy vs Ace

No comparison. That is like comparing automobiles to skate boards. I pick Scuzzy any day.

Also, I pick AMD 64 over current Intel offerings.

Mark H

[Wade777]

AMD = Best Performance for PRICE
Intel = Best Performance

[44mayg]

Ford vs Chevy (Chevy wins)
Ginger vs Mary Ann (Mary Ann wins)
Scuzzy vs Ace (We all lose)

[Mark H]

AMD = Best Performance for PRICE
Intel = Best Performance

I don't quite agree even though I like both. The AMD 64 chips are giving Intel a run for their money and the new Prescott core by Intel is a bust so far. The Prescott will be a great processor once its clock speed get ramped up to around 4 Ghz.

Mark H

[trav]

In my opinion:

nVidia & AMD
ATI & Intel

8-)

[Mr. Sam]

Perhaps you haven't noticed that our forum has a Search function? :-\ It is located near the top, in the Main Menu.

Yeah, I know, but I'm too lazy :P

[Mr. Sam]

Oops, lol I don't even know how to quote ;)

[Wade777]

AMD = Best Performance for PRICE
Intel = Best Performance

I don't quite agree even though I like both. The AMD 64 chips are giving Intel a run for their money and the new Prescott core by Intel is a bust so far. The Prescott will be a great processor once its clock speed get ramped up to around 4 Ghz.

Mark H

/agree
Yeah.. I was talkin about AMD Athlon XP v P4 :)
In my world the 64 chips dont exist ... yet

[Mark H]

They don't exist yet in my world either as my only system is a Athlon 2500 XP, which I love. :)

Mark H

[Wade777]

I would love that too ...
Seriously.. for the money that you pay, AMD XP is the way to go.. about 3/4 of the computers I make are AMD XP... best value

Unfortunately, I'm still stuck with my p4 1.7 Ghz CPU that I bought on 7/1/2001 ... can you imagine p4 processors are almost 3 years old!

[Chandler]

These are what I've had:

1994 Intel 8086
1997 Intel Pentium P133
2000 Cyrix MII PR300
2000 Intel Pentium III 650
2002 Intel Celeron-S 1.2G
2003 mobile AMD Athlon-4 1600+
2003 Intel Pentium III 1.0G
2004 AMD Athlon XP 2200+

No brand loyalty at all ;D.  The AMD based machines are cheaper overall.  You can get a really good Socket A AMD motherboard for the same money as a low-end Socket <Pick-A-Number> Intel board.

Similar story with graphics cards:

1997 ATi Video Expression
1998 ATi 3D Charger
2000 nVidia Vanta
2002 SiS 630
2003 nVidia GeForce FX5200
2003 S3 Twister-K
2004 ATi Radeon 9200SE

OK, the SiS and S3 weren't really chosen by me since they came as part of notebook computers. :)  I couldn't decide on whether to get a FX5200 or Radeon 9200, the thing which decided for me was the price - I was able to get a good deal on a cheap 9200SE.

Now, for sound cards, I would still be using Aureal, but thanks to Creative, this isn't possible.

1997 - Aztech AZT2320 ISA
1998 - Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value CT4670
2000 - Aureal Vortex 2 OEM PCI
2002 - SiS 7018
2002 - Diamond MonsterSound MX300
2003 - VIA AC'97
2003 - Aureal SuperQuad Digital PCI
2003 - Aureal SQ1500
2003 - Aureal SQ2500
2004 - nForce2 (non-SoundStorm) + ALC650

[Wade777]

WOW .. you've had quite a few systems in your lifetime ...
I only remember 3:
*Old Packard Hell 386 w/ Windows 3.1
*PII/ 333 Mhz
*PIV/1.7 Ghz
but I guess you are older so you dont count :p

As for graphics cards.. I'm an all NVidia person.... currently have a Gainward GF4 Ti 4400

[trav]

Systems that I have had over the years,

1993/'94/somewhere around there:
PI 133Mghz (In my room, runs, a little slow, but still works, cept for the TURBO LED and HDD led because i dont know where to put those on the board ((i rebuilt the computer )) )

~2000:
PIII 866Mghz - Windows XP Professional (mine, now, was my moms first ((Windows 98, when it was my moms)) when it came from my dads shop, i can still remember..."

Travis: HEY DAD!
Dad: what?
Travis: this machine (is) 866mghz! i thought it was alot slower than that!
Dad: ohno, that should've stayed at the shop then!! ;D

2001: AMD 1.2Ghz - Windows 2000 Professional (my dads, sounds like a leaf blower :( )

Dad: Hey, check out my new PC!
Travis: Wow! Whats it got?
Dad: Its got a 1.2 gigahertz processor! Fastest one i could get!
Travis: oh cool!


2002:
P IIII 1.6Ghz - Windows 2000 Professional (my moms, now at the shop)

2004:
HP 2.6Ghz - Windows XP Home  (my moms new one :) just got it a week ago, I can still remember,

Travis: uhh...mom? your new computer has Windows XP Home on it, just so that you know. (you see, she, at first, hated the thought of using Windows XP, because it crashed my dads PC)

Mom: wait, why does it have windows XP on it?!
....

Travis: because thats what it came with
Mom: But i dont want to use XP!
Dad: oh, it'll be fine, whats wrong with XP?
Mom: ...ok

(later, she eventually ended up liking it ;) )

[Mark H]

My systems of the past:

Radio Shack TRS 80 (8088 processor) gone into oblivion
Gateway 2000 486/33 gone into oblivion
Miconpc PII/300 at my mother-in-law's currently
AMD 2500 that I built myself that I currently use.


Mark H

[Hoot]

Perhaps you haven't noticed that our forum has a Search function? :-\ It is located near the top, in the Main Menu.

Yeah, I know, but I'm too lazy :P

Search function does not work well with this forum version

[Neon]

Perhaps you haven't noticed that our forum has a Search function? :-\ It is located near the top, in the Main Menu.

Yeah, I know, but I'm too lazy :P

Search function does not work well with this forum version

Please elaborate. It was working just fine when I searched on "AMD or Intel".

[Mark H]

I did a search on "AMD and Intel" as Neon and it worked very well.

Mark H

[trav]

I agree with mark, query and neon, the search engine works fine.

[Igloo]

me 2 i am currently getting the money together for my AMD 64 system :)

[bill macdonald]

Neon,

I have tried using the search function many times, 6 times tonight after reading these comments.
In all cases the searches returned zero.
I even copied and pasted "AMD vs Intel" into the search subject and it returned nothing.
In each case I was not within a particular forum but on the main forum index page.

Just for reference, this is win98SE, IE 6, altho I don't see that should matter.

I've tried several of the search options, none of which had any effect.

Bill

[Neon]

bill (and Hoot),
It seems you are correct. If "AMD vs Intel" is searched with the default "Match all words", no results return. If "Match as phrase" is selected, it returns this thread.

That's frankly not very good. The "Match all words" should return this thread, plus any other poasts containing all 3 of those words. Our forum search has a bug - we will have to do some testing.