Intel vs AMD

[Moonbeam]

Which is Democrat and which Republican?

What do you see in yourself that guides your determination. How do you feel this out?

Edit: The question is not which you buy and why, but which you would label Democrat and Republican as a thought experiment, and why, especially why.

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Edit: The question is why this question is relevant to P&N or any hardware forum.

Harvey
Senior AT Mod

 

[charrison]

amd, a little competition does the market good!

 

[PJABBER]

I go with whatever gives me the best bang for the buck (as if you didn't know!)

 

[magomago]

amd....bang for buck

 

[Fox5]

Well, Intel is obviously Republican and AMD is Democrat, if we're attempting to fit them to a rather ill analogy.

I'll usually go AMD to save a few bucks and support the underdog, but Intel is superior if money is no object.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Best bang for the buck at the moment of purchase.

I don't waste my time trying to support the "under dog" or any of that crap.
I am beholden to no one.

 

[ericlp]

Uh..... The only reason AMD is alive is because Intel doesn't want a monopoly same goes for Microsoft and Apple. I don't think republicans know how to use a computer ... They are all against high tech and science anyway so why bother?

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Fox5
Well, Intel is obviously Republican and AMD is Democrat, if we're attempting to fit them to a rather ill analogy.

I'll usually go AMD to save a few bucks and support the underdog, but Intel is superior if money is no object.

The Republicans are the underdogs so Intel should be Democrat, but to me it feels the other way. My guess on that is that Intel is rich and Republicans are the party of money.

The lesson I draw from that is that in my mind the money determines more than who dominates.

 

[TheSkinsFan]

Unlike the R's and D's in DC, both AMD and Intel products are actually functional.

 

[Robor]

Always the best performance for the $$$.

 

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Unlike the R's and D's in DC, both AMD and Intel products are actually functional.

bingo - we have a winner!

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Unlike the R's and D's in DC, both AMD and Intel products are actually functional.

LOL!

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: Lothar
Best bang for the buck at the moment of purchase.

I don't waste my time trying to support the "under dog" or any of that crap.

If we don't support the under dog, there won't be one. I've always tried to buy AMD if their product was remotely close to the Intel chip, but at times I've gone with Intel as well.

 

[Uhtrinity]

This isn't political. From 1999 to a few years ago AMD had a superior product (the PEE FOUR years). Now intel has a superior product. I like to root for the underdog, but only when they have a good to superior product.

 

[tk149]

Does this mean Apple is libertarian? :shocked:

 

[brencat]

I am completely agnostic with regard to CPUs but typically go for best OCing platform for the money. Overall system cost is secondary.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Mursilis

Originally posted by: Lothar
Best bang for the buck at the moment of purchase.

I don't waste my time trying to support the "underdog" or any of that crap.

If we don't support the underdog, there won't be one. I've always tried to buy AMD if their product was remotely close to the Intel chip, but at times I've gone with Intel as well.

I don't care about supporting underdogs. If I did, I would have bought a Transmeta cpu, VIA motherboard, Matrox GPU, or be running a mac.

My money is more important than anything else since I work hard for it and no one provides it to me on a silver platter.

 

[cubeless]

whatever i can oc the snot out of for the cheapest price... i'm sitting in front of a naked i7 920 rig on my kitchen table... paid $199 + tax for the chip and it's running stable @ 4ghz... this build is for a friend since i7 is still a bit rich for me...

ran amd until c2d became cost effective... i have 8 rigs in the house (my kids do lanparty@home) so bang for the buck is king...

 

[smashp]

Sorry because of Virtual Machines and VMware, Intel hands down.

AMD is a joke, cannot come close to handling the same workloads

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: smashp
Sorry because of Virtual Machines and VMware, Intel hands down.

AMD is a joke, cannot come close to handling the same workloads

What if you could get an AMD for free as a handout of good faith from the company? Would you take it then? Even though it might be somewhat inferior to what you currently have?

 

[Moonbeam]

I kept wondering why the hell people couldn't answer a simple question with all this crap about value for money:

Intel vs AMD

What is your gestalt?

Which is Democrat and which is Republican?

What do you see in yourself that guides your determination. How do you feel this out?

I am not asking what determines which product you buy. That question would not belong in this forum.

I am asking you to tell me to which company you would apply the term Democrat and Republican and why you chose as you did, how you see calling one or the other Dem or Rep.

I don't give a rat's ass why you'd buy one or the other. Sorry if the wording was confusing.

 

[bamacre]

I don't see either of them as Rep or Dem. It's hard to answer your question when both parties have offered us nothing but grief, and yet these two companies have helped drive a thriving industry. If anything, they are libertarians, products of free market conditions, where the goal of profits has been achieved by continuously delivering quality products and services to customers. They are a shining example of the success of capitalism, where incentive not only exists but thrives, and price is accurately determined by an invisible hand instead of human "experts."

 

[piasabird]

AMD is Cow Dung.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: bamacre
I don't see either of them as Rep or Dem. It's hard to answer your question when both parties have offered us nothing but grief, and yet these two companies have helped drive a thriving industry. If anything, they are libertarians, products of free market conditions, where the goal of profits has been achieved by continuously delivering quality products and services to customers. They are a shining example of the success of capitalism, where incentive not only exists but thrives, and price is accurately determined by an invisible hand instead of human "experts."

Of course there are other reasons than misunderstandings that keep people from being able to answer simple questions, things like large sticks up their asses.

Then there is the famous organ player whose repertoire consisted of one note.