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Why are more people using AMD than Intel processors?

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I can get a Pentium-D 830 for $160, or an 820 for $120, but then I would have to dig out my water cooling again. And it's not worth the trouble, since my 4200+ @2.618ghz would completely blow either of them away even overclocked.
 
Originally posted by: dnuggett
Originally posted by: openwheelformula1
actually "more people use intel than amd", but currently amd rocks regardless.
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Finally, somebody corrects this guy. More people use Intel...
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Most companies have Intel computers, MILLIONS of them. You can;t say for sure that more "homeowners" user Intel.
 
Originally posted by: dnuggett
Finally, somebody corrects this guy. More people use Intel...
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True.

But I think the OP meant to say "Why are more people using AMD than Intel processors here on AnandTech?"

And we know the logic behind that 😀
 
OEM PD 820s go for no less than $185. You might be able to get lucky on Ebay, but I wouldn't count on it. I had a very tough time finding certified coolers, but this one goes for a whopping $50. If you just want an LGA775 cooler, certification be darned, this one goes for just over $17. That means, at the very cheapest, you can get a PD+hsf for $202.

If I'm missing something, please tell me, and maybe I'll get one, myself.
 
Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
OEM PD 820s go for no less than $185. You might be able to get lucky on Ebay, but I wouldn't count on it. I had a very tough time finding certified coolers, but this one goes for a whopping $50. If you just want an LGA775 cooler, certification be darned, this one goes for just over $17. That means, at the very cheapest, you can get a PD+hsf for $202.

If I'm missing something, please tell me, and maybe I'll get one, myself.
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why would you bother though? It still sucks. With such a crappy HSFU you would end up throttling at stock clocks!

yeah, business wise, Intel is still raping the desktops, but they are making some penetration into the server space. I wish I had control over what systems the schools I work for buy, all they get are cheapo dells that break uber-quick. I tell them I could build better PC's for cheaper (they have all the software liscenes), and they are more afraid of warranties and crap like that. I dunno. If AMD could get one major corp. to seriously sell AMD in their desktops, then I think that would get the ball rolling.
 
Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
OEM PD 820s go for no less than $185. You might be able to get lucky on Ebay, but I wouldn't count on it. I had a very tough time finding certified coolers, but this one goes for a whopping $50. If you just want an LGA775 cooler, certification be darned, this one goes for just over $17. That means, at the very cheapest, you can get a PD+hsf for $202.

If I'm missing something, please tell me, and maybe I'll get one, myself.
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Why don't you check my thread if you think they are that great !
Here. They suck big time.
 
Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
😉If I want reviews I think I'll read THG or anand thank you very much....
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Its not a review. Its a real world experience with benchmarks. Anand and THG have not done something like this, but it falls right in line with all their benchmarks.

Trolling again ? Need another vacation ? We are sick of your crap.
 
Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
😉If I want reviews I think I'll read THG or anand thank you very much....
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ofcourse you would, but we all understand why you would go there....

 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
OEM PD 820s go for no less than $185. You might be able to get lucky on Ebay, but I wouldn't count on it. I had a very tough time finding certified coolers, but this one goes for a whopping $50. If you just want an LGA775 cooler, certification be darned, this one goes for just over $17. That means, at the very cheapest, you can get a PD+hsf for $202.

If I'm missing something, please tell me, and maybe I'll get one, myself.
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Why don't you check my thread if you think they are that great !
Here. They suck big time.
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By that reasoning, my Sempron sucks because it isn't your dual-core X2.
 
But there are still few Intel users in this Anandtech forum. Many of you will not even believe that though I was ready to pay more than what AMD costs in International market, I could not buy it. "Sorry!! We do not have AMD processors" - every single reseller repeated. So to few like me - buying Intel is the only solution.

I hear you asking - Where do you live? North Pole? Yes, it's the Third Pole.
 
Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
Originally posted by: Markfw900
Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
OEM PD 820s go for no less than $185. You might be able to get lucky on Ebay, but I wouldn't count on it. I had a very tough time finding certified coolers, but this one goes for a whopping $50. If you just want an LGA775 cooler, certification be darned, this one goes for just over $17. That means, at the very cheapest, you can get a PD+hsf for $202.

If I'm missing something, please tell me, and maybe I'll get one, myself.
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Why don't you check my thread if you think they are that great !
Here. They suck big time.
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By that reasoning, my Sempron sucks because it isn't your dual-core X2.
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well, your sempron doesn't exhibit odd behaviours, draw more power, run hotter despite much better cooling, so perhaps your line of reasoning is flawed.
 
Originally posted by: Leper Messiah

well, your sempron doesn't exhibit odd behaviours,
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At high clock speeds? Sure it does. It failed Prime95 at a mere 2.41 GHz. The 2500+ performs even worse, and, althought the 3100+ and 3400+ have higher thresholds, they are not much beyond my 2.4 GHz.

draw more power,
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That may be true, but, in the end, it doesn't effect performance.

run hotter despite much better cooling
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My Sempron runs at about 60^C idle, and 65^C load. But that's meaningless, too, just like your claim of coolness.

perhaps your line of reasoning is flawed.
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Nope.
 
Originally posted by: RalfHutter
Originally posted by: Xpred
Why are more people using AMD than Intel processors?
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Uh, they're not. It's not even close actually.

Although AMD has gained some market share lately, Intel still has about 82% of the market, to AMD's 16%.
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If you look at the Steam survey results when you install/update HalfLife2, it looks like a solid ~50% of the HL2 owners run AMD processors. I saved a copy as a .mht file about 6-8 months ago... save this, open in IE6, look at Processor Vendor. That amount of mindshare going to the competition, even in just the gaming market, surely must've caused Intel's bigwigs to put sticky notes on their monitors about it 😉

Oh, and AMD should change their color scheme to a nice sandy-gold-&-black if you ask me 😀
 
draws more power == much higher cost in electricity bills. will eventually make a huge difference. that's one of the reasons why i didn't really want to o/c my 820D much more...
 
Originally posted by: AkumaX
draws more power == much higher cost in electricity bills. will eventually make a huge difference. that's one of the reasons why i didn't really want to o/c my 820D much more...
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I highly doubt it's THAT big of a difference.

Got any #'s?
 
Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Originally posted by: AkumaX
draws more power == much higher cost in electricity bills. will eventually make a huge difference. that's one of the reasons why i didn't really want to o/c my 820D much more...
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I highly doubt it's THAT big of a difference.

Got any #'s?
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It doesn't have to be that big of a difference, it is just one more facet in suck factor of those processors. Intel makes space heaters nowadays, not comptetitive processors.
 
Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Originally posted by: AkumaX
draws more power == much higher cost in electricity bills. will eventually make a huge difference. that's one of the reasons why i didn't really want to o/c my 820D much more...
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I highly doubt it's THAT big of a difference.

Got any #'s?
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Well, your buddy Tom tells us that (comparing identical rigs) an Intel 840 Extreme Edition rig will draw about 80 watts more than a comparable X2 4800+ rig under full load. That translates to at least $60 a year in extra electricity (more like $140 here as the electric rates are much higher than Tom's 8.5/kWh figures.)

You could find any number of arguments to try and justify Pentium D but I'm afraid power consumption isn't one of them.
 
By the end of the year the Intel will have a leaf blower and Microwave taped onto the die. I'm sure going to buy this. Because I do a lot of pirating... I mean video encoding. Which AMD can do as well. And I also multi task. I run 100 applications at once because if Im not active all the time I go into epileptic shock. And AMD runs that one certain suite of 100 applications a few fractions of a second slower.
 
AMD for me at the moment although in the past I have had a good mix of both. It's just the performance on offer. Couldn't really care about the cost.
 
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