I don't even know where to start..
Think it's hard getting a Core2Duo? Try getting ANYTHING from AMD (From a disty point of view), As they have given the channel a big FU, shipping all of their product to Dell. What a nice way to thank the channel for helping them grow over all these years.
Mark my words, AMD C2 especially will become sparse very soon.
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Straight from AMD:
Current AMD NPRP Input to Top Reviewers
Availability: AMD has an incredible ecosystem readily available for the enthusiast ? terrific motherboards, chipsets, product availability, etc. Intel cannot say this for Conroe and scrutiny of Intel availability grows. SLI motherboard availability is minimal; Conroe processors themselves are still scarce.
Bottom Line: Enthusiasts cannot buy, build and upgrade systems with Conroe to the full degree they enjoy with FX.
Span of solutions to suit our customers? needs: AMD has a wide choice of processors:
? from budget CPUs to high-end performance CPUs for desktop, SFF, mobile and server/workstation; and
? from standard power to the lowest levels of power consumption.
The AMD Opteron, Athlon, Turion and Sempron processors reside on a flexible and select few number of sockets, which translates to easier customer upgrades and platform transitions. This customer-centric socket strategy combined with proven price/performance-per-watt benefits minimizes the total cost of ownership. Upgradeability to next year?s quad-core processor introduction of AMD Opteron is a key proof point of this unique value proposition.
The competition, however, has a recent track record of excessive chipset and socket changes, often with a product family simultaneously straddling multiple incompatible sockets and/or chipsets. This creates unnecessary complexity in system image management and migration for IT organizations, and it increases the difficulty of planning upgrades and platform transitions. The MCM (multi-chip module) approach the competition chose for its first 4-core-per-socket solution will exacerbate issue.
Gaming Performance: The higher the resolution you play at (example: 1600x1200 and beyond), the more parity you see between Intel Conroe and AMD FX and X2 processors. Most gamers play at higher resolutions than are used in comparative CPU benchmarking, which means the gaming experience is increasingly GPU-dependent.
Bottom Line: Comparing high-resolution gaming with a high-end graphics card(s) on an AMD platform versus an equal Conroe platform yields similar frame rates and a similar experience.
Intel CPU Product Mix / BEWARE old Intel chips: Pentium 4 and Pentium D products, which will still likely account for about 85% of Intel's mainstream desktop sales in Q3 and about 75% in Q4 of 2006**, are taking a severe beating in reviews. In Conroe reviews, journalists openly criticize Pentium 4 and Pentium D as ?antiques,? "garbage" and "junk." Pentium processors greatly trail AMD64 processors in performance and power efficiency.
Bottom Line: Journalists should warn buyers to avoid Pentium 4 and Pentium D products.
**Source: DailyTech.com: http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1820
Intel Integrated Graphics are inferior:
Gaming performance on the Intel 945G, 946GZ and upcoming 965G integrated graphics platform is unacceptably poor. Gaming is hindered by much reduced graphic performance compared to AM2 integrated graphics solutions from partners like ATI and nVIDIA. Also, there are many games that these Intel platforms will not run at all. This is VERY important because the vast majority of retail Intel PCs have integrated graphics, and probably half (or more) of those are Intel integrated graphics.
Bottom Line: Journalists should warn buyers to avoid PCs with Intel integrated graphics for anything but the most mundane computing tasks.
Power Consumption: For the energy-conscious consumer or enthusiast, Athlon 64 X2 EE 35w and 65w parts show lower power consumption numbers compared to Conroe (albeit at reduced performance levels).
Price/Performance: With the recent price move, AMD?s pricing strategy positions AMD more competitively against Conroe. AMD has promised to remain competitive with regard to the price/performance ratio of our products.
4X4: For enthusiasts looking for the ultimate ?mega-tasking? platform built for a multi-core, multi-threaded, multi-GPU future, 4x4 is coming with a clear upgrade path to 8-cores.
Hardware Review Trends
? Athlon 64 X2 EE reviews are popping up and showing lower power consumption numbers compared to Conroe, but with reduced performance levels. AMD is seen as the technology leader for lower power desktop processors.
? Athlon 64 is a time-proven platform that is available today.
? New AMD pricing strategy positions AMD more competitively against Conroe.
? Pentium 4 and Pentium D products are taking a severe beating in regards to reviewer approval.
*Our internal testing shows that our Next-Generation AMD Opteron? (Revision F) processors based-platforms in an ?apples-to-apples? configuration tend to consume less total system power than the competitions {~11% Opteron advantage (80W vs. 95W),~4% Opteron advantage (65W vs. 95W) }
Think it's hard getting a Core2Duo? Try getting ANYTHING from AMD (From a disty point of view), As they have given the channel a big FU, shipping all of their product to Dell. What a nice way to thank the channel for helping them grow over all these years.
Mark my words, AMD C2 especially will become sparse very soon.
BEGIN FUD EMAIL
Straight from AMD:
Current AMD NPRP Input to Top Reviewers
Availability: AMD has an incredible ecosystem readily available for the enthusiast ? terrific motherboards, chipsets, product availability, etc. Intel cannot say this for Conroe and scrutiny of Intel availability grows. SLI motherboard availability is minimal; Conroe processors themselves are still scarce.
Bottom Line: Enthusiasts cannot buy, build and upgrade systems with Conroe to the full degree they enjoy with FX.
Span of solutions to suit our customers? needs: AMD has a wide choice of processors:
? from budget CPUs to high-end performance CPUs for desktop, SFF, mobile and server/workstation; and
? from standard power to the lowest levels of power consumption.
The AMD Opteron, Athlon, Turion and Sempron processors reside on a flexible and select few number of sockets, which translates to easier customer upgrades and platform transitions. This customer-centric socket strategy combined with proven price/performance-per-watt benefits minimizes the total cost of ownership. Upgradeability to next year?s quad-core processor introduction of AMD Opteron is a key proof point of this unique value proposition.
The competition, however, has a recent track record of excessive chipset and socket changes, often with a product family simultaneously straddling multiple incompatible sockets and/or chipsets. This creates unnecessary complexity in system image management and migration for IT organizations, and it increases the difficulty of planning upgrades and platform transitions. The MCM (multi-chip module) approach the competition chose for its first 4-core-per-socket solution will exacerbate issue.
Gaming Performance: The higher the resolution you play at (example: 1600x1200 and beyond), the more parity you see between Intel Conroe and AMD FX and X2 processors. Most gamers play at higher resolutions than are used in comparative CPU benchmarking, which means the gaming experience is increasingly GPU-dependent.
Bottom Line: Comparing high-resolution gaming with a high-end graphics card(s) on an AMD platform versus an equal Conroe platform yields similar frame rates and a similar experience.
Intel CPU Product Mix / BEWARE old Intel chips: Pentium 4 and Pentium D products, which will still likely account for about 85% of Intel's mainstream desktop sales in Q3 and about 75% in Q4 of 2006**, are taking a severe beating in reviews. In Conroe reviews, journalists openly criticize Pentium 4 and Pentium D as ?antiques,? "garbage" and "junk." Pentium processors greatly trail AMD64 processors in performance and power efficiency.
Bottom Line: Journalists should warn buyers to avoid Pentium 4 and Pentium D products.
**Source: DailyTech.com: http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1820
Intel Integrated Graphics are inferior:
Gaming performance on the Intel 945G, 946GZ and upcoming 965G integrated graphics platform is unacceptably poor. Gaming is hindered by much reduced graphic performance compared to AM2 integrated graphics solutions from partners like ATI and nVIDIA. Also, there are many games that these Intel platforms will not run at all. This is VERY important because the vast majority of retail Intel PCs have integrated graphics, and probably half (or more) of those are Intel integrated graphics.
Bottom Line: Journalists should warn buyers to avoid PCs with Intel integrated graphics for anything but the most mundane computing tasks.
Power Consumption: For the energy-conscious consumer or enthusiast, Athlon 64 X2 EE 35w and 65w parts show lower power consumption numbers compared to Conroe (albeit at reduced performance levels).
Price/Performance: With the recent price move, AMD?s pricing strategy positions AMD more competitively against Conroe. AMD has promised to remain competitive with regard to the price/performance ratio of our products.
4X4: For enthusiasts looking for the ultimate ?mega-tasking? platform built for a multi-core, multi-threaded, multi-GPU future, 4x4 is coming with a clear upgrade path to 8-cores.
Hardware Review Trends
? Athlon 64 X2 EE reviews are popping up and showing lower power consumption numbers compared to Conroe, but with reduced performance levels. AMD is seen as the technology leader for lower power desktop processors.
? Athlon 64 is a time-proven platform that is available today.
? New AMD pricing strategy positions AMD more competitively against Conroe.
? Pentium 4 and Pentium D products are taking a severe beating in regards to reviewer approval.
*Our internal testing shows that our Next-Generation AMD Opteron? (Revision F) processors based-platforms in an ?apples-to-apples? configuration tend to consume less total system power than the competitions {~11% Opteron advantage (80W vs. 95W),~4% Opteron advantage (65W vs. 95W) }
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