AMD or Intel die hard fanboy

[Rottie]

I know C2D is far faster than AMD FX, Opteron, and A64 but I am curious if you are a long time die hard AMD fanboy are you forced or decided to move to Intel C2D because of fastest cpu avaiable or stay with AMD?

 

[Markfw]

I am a fanboy of neither. U used to buy A64/X2, now I get C2D, but I still love my X2's. You need another option

 

[harpoon84]

I prefer my Cyrix CPU...

 

[BassBomb]

I go for best price point, bang for buck, for full system cost.

AMD still wins in that category for myself, even though I would prefer a C2D definatley. The boards just seem much to expensive for the features I expect. I can get the same and MORE in an AMD board for 180$ whereas the same set of features for C2D would take me out 250ish (CDN dollars)

We will see how teh front looks with Allendale and when i want to purchase ~5months

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I'm a fan of a good processor that has a good chipset behind it.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
I go for best price point, bang for buck, for full system cost.

 

[StopSign]

I'm not a fanboy of either company. I just use whatever that's best out there and it happens to be C2D right now.

 

[Stumps]

Umm Fanboys suck...I own both...it's nice to be able to see what each brand offers.

 

[jcgamo88]

I've always loved AMD, but i wouldn't call myself a fanboy because I still reccomend intel chips and what not to friends over certain AMD chips.

But with the release of C2D I love intel now for this reason: THey forced my favorite chip maker to drop price 40 - 60%

But 2 years ago if you asked I would have said I favored Transmeta.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: harpoon84
I prefer my Cyrix CPU...

You mean VIA CPU? I still have a couple of C3 chips (IIRC all Ezra core).

Originally posted by: BassBomb
I go for best price point, bang for buck,

Yeah, where's the "best bang for buck" option?

 

[naughty001]

im a hardware fanboy - i will chose the best option open to me at the time im buying

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: harpoon84
I prefer my Cyrix CPU...

5x86 4 evah!!! yeahhhhhhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyyyy

 

[harpoon84]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: harpoon84
I prefer my Cyrix CPU...

You mean VIA CPU? I still have a couple of C3 chips (IIRC all Ezra core).

No, I prefer my old school 10 year old GENIUNE Cyrix CPU. It's KICKASS!!! What the fudge are Intel and AMD?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I don't have a lot of money to spend on tech gear so I usually buy what's cheapest if I'm only looking at minor performance variances. I have resisted the urge for an E6300 for quite some time. Upgrade path isn't important to me because whenever I'm ready for an upgrade, I do a full system overhaul. Have never 'just upgraded the CPU'. So all the talk about, "Intel always wants you to buy a new motherboard to get their new CPUs" doesn't bother me.

Hell, I'm typing this on an Athlon64 2800+ (@2.2GHz, Clawhammer, 130nm) - when I bought it, it was the best available deal. With a decent GPU (7600GS), it does most of my stuff at respectable speed. If I feel like checking out ultra-high graphics, I do so at a friend's place.

My next upgrade might be a C2D setup after the price cuts later this year. Hell, Intel plans on selling Q6600s in the $500 range later this year. I can only imagine how great that would be for the E4000/E6000s.

 

[stevty2889]

I'm not a fanboy of either, I go with the best bang for the buck at the time. The X2 was dominent when it competed with Pentium-d's, now the core 2 duo is the best of the bunch.

 

[tallman45]

Hold off on getting a E6300 or a E6400, they will soon be available with 4mb L2 cache for the same as they cost now

 

[bongsteen]

I'm sticking with amd for now till my system can play the latest games. i mostly work with audio production anyways.

 

[BassBomb]

Right now I am not sure what is the bang for buck, otherwise I would have purchased a computer

 

[Jibboom]

Neither, I buy what has the best performance/price at the time.

 

[Fike]

I have been an AMD fan since the K6III 450 processor that I got to replace my Pentium 133. While I freely acknowledge that the current C2D stuff is faster, I think that Intel has been operating as a defacto monopoly for too long using anti-competetive practices to keep a stranglehold. It is too important to unseat these 500 pound gorrillas, so I go with AMD. I have only one vote in the democracy of the marketplace, and that is with my wallet, so I vote my conscience.

As long as the differences between the alternatives are minimal, I will stick with AMD. In every-day real world applications, the differences are still pretty nominal between AMD and Intel processors. In most cases right now, you will find the Intel C2D processor is superior while in a few others the AMD X2 is better. The pendulum has swung to Intel, but not incredibly far.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Hmmm... I still use socket 939. I wish I could find cheap DDR memory.

 

[n7]

Fanbois are fools.

I use whatever works best for my needs (or wants ).

Right now that's a C2D in my main machine, & an Opteron in my HTPC

 

[nanaki333]

i've always been pro-AMD but it's hard to ignore the c2d. intel finally did something right since the p3 way back when.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

I heavily lean AMD, and all things being equal (which they never are) I'd pick AMD over Intel in general. My last 7 builds have all been AMD. That said, C2D is a fine CPU, and I've not only recommended it, but wouldn't hesitate to use one in a new build if I had any $$$ laying around. Anyone who limits themselves to one or the other is simply being foolish, naive, or both.

 

[Xdreamer]

I'm an AMD fan. The first few computers I built were with AMD and so it holds a special place in my heart. Also, I have to say I love an underdog.
C2D is faster tho, so I use 'em.