Why does everyone always choose AMD ??

[MedicBob]

Price almost always wins when paying for a very similar product.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Jalapeno
My first build was a Pentium 133 - just got my feet wet... I switched over to AMD, and although they were excellent performers they sucked monkey balls in the "temperature department" i.e. no thermal diode. I have lost a many to a premature heat death (overclocking). That's when I switched to INTEL.

About three weeks ago I seriously considered going back to AMD (2500 Mobile BARTON, ABIT NFS) and OC the hell out of it, but reading in many forums virtually nobody was able to push it beyond 2.6 GHz, I reconsidered. The reason I didn't go the AMD path? New board with a dying socket and chipset, which will be obsolete soon.

I opted to drop a new P4 3.06GHz into my existing ABIT IT7MAX2 und clock it to 3.73GHz so far. 😀

AMD64 or P4EE? Not worth the $$$$$$$

3.06GHz? Also not worth the $$$. Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C? Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper.

For gaming I'll buy me a PS2 and a shitload of games for that kind of money.

For gaming, I'd have to wonder what kind of games you could find, after you'd gotten the Square titles, that could be worth the extra cost (not to mention the additional internet subscription costs).

 

[Tango57]

i feel that when i buy AMD i'm getting the best deal for my money per dollar. cost was an issue when i first got into computers and chose AMD but i know now when i buy AMD i'm also getting a good quality cpu that performs well across the board. it really isn't just about the Mhz.

 

[Jalapeno]

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: Jalapeno
My first build was a Pentium 133 - just got my feet wet... I switched over to AMD, and although they were excellent performers they sucked monkey balls in the "temperature department" i.e. no thermal diode. I have lost a many to a premature heat death (overclocking). That's when I switched to INTEL.

About three weeks ago I seriously considered going back to AMD (2500 Mobile BARTON, ABIT NFS) and OC the hell out of it, but reading in many forums virtually nobody was able to push it beyond 2.6 GHz, I reconsidered. The reason I didn't go the AMD path? New board with a dying socket and chipset, which will be obsolete soon.

I opted to drop a new P4 3.06GHz into my existing ABIT IT7MAX2 und clock it to 3.73GHz so far. 😀

AMD64 or P4EE? Not worth the $$$$$$$

3.06GHz? Also not worth the $$$. Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C? Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper.

For gaming I'll buy me a PS2 and a shitload of games for that kind of money.

For gaming, I'd have to wonder what kind of games you could find, after you'd gotten the Square titles, that could be worth the extra cost (not to mention the additional internet subscription costs).

Cerb,

3.06GHz? Also not worth the $$$. Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C? Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper.

"Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C?" - Because I replaced a 2.53.

"Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper" - No, it was not, but it gave me extra "legroom"


As for the games, I think it is pretty hard to beat a PS2 (even an X-BOX, for that matter) for what they cost and the entertainment they provide.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: GOZ

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: RickH
Both AMD and Intel make fine products. In my experence AMD is cheaper to purchase, but more expensive to live with. You save $50-100 on the CPU and end up spending it on huge fans and powersupplies. Then you spend more $$ trying to kill the noise. I can't even tell if my PIV is on right now. The only noise is from the HD. R

That might have been true long ago, but my Barton 2500 uses stock cooling, I can barely hear it, and it run 45c max load. My Athlon64 3000+ runs cooler than the P4 3.0c, mine runs 32c, and gets up to a whopping 40c under 100% load (seti) after hours on a warm day. So that argument doesn't fly anymore.

My 2.8c@3.4 gig runs lets see(looking at MB moniter lol) at 21c at idle or on the net and 32c loaded with sandra 2004. ON the stock intel heat sink. you can't go by yours runs cooler, AMD more voltage=more heat duh. So i laugh at your 32c and 40c LOL The Goz

Well, I don't know how your CPU can be cooler than my house temperature. Maybe you live in Siberia, and have the heat on low ? (21c=69.8F, my house is 72F)
So I laugh at you freezing to death to prove you P4 is cooler than my Athlon64. Its all over the web, that an Athlon 3000+ on stock cooling runs cooler than a P4 3.0c on stock cooling in the same case in the same abient temperature. I would say chill out, but you must be already freezing......

LOL Good call.

:beer:

Another thing is more voltage does'nt = more heat there's another varible your forgetting to arrive a power consumption and thus heat dispation and thats current which your P4 sucks like a vacuum cleaner in relative terms. Do you even have a computer?

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

As for the games, I think it is pretty hard to beat a PS2 (even an X-BOX, for that matter) for what they cost and the entertainment they provide.

FPS games on these absolutely blow chunks.. Pretty much the reason my Xbox sits doing nothing while I play JK Jedi academy (Among others)on my PC.

 

[Jalapeno]

Originally posted by: GonzoDaGr8

As for the games, I think it is pretty hard to beat a PS2 (even an X-BOX, for that matter) for what they cost and the entertainment they provide.

FPS games on these absolutely blow chunks.. Pretty much the reason my Xbox sits doing nothing while I play JK Jedi academy (Among others)on my PC.

For the $$$ it's pretty goog, I say.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

Originally posted by: GonzoDaGr8

As for the games, I think it is pretty hard to beat a PS2 (even an X-BOX, for that matter) for what they cost and the entertainment they provide.

FPS games on these absolutely blow chunks.. Pretty much the reason my Xbox sits doing nothing while I play JK Jedi academy (Among others)on my PC.

FPS? how about that fact that it runs at 640 x 480 pixel tv standards :\

 

[BFG10K]

My new AMD system is running well. 🙂

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[Jalapeno]

Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
FPS? how about that fact that it runs at 640 x 480 pixel tv standards :\

And?

It was made for a TV, for big screen entertainment. It has its purpose.

 

[Jalapeno]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
My new AMD system is running well. 🙂

You are sick. Are you from the Village People?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Jalapeno

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: Jalapeno
My first build was a Pentium 133 - just got my feet wet... I switched over to AMD, and although they were excellent performers they sucked monkey balls in the "temperature department" i.e. no thermal diode. I have lost a many to a premature heat death (overclocking). That's when I switched to INTEL.

About three weeks ago I seriously considered going back to AMD (2500 Mobile BARTON, ABIT NFS) and OC the hell out of it, but reading in many forums virtually nobody was able to push it beyond 2.6 GHz, I reconsidered. The reason I didn't go the AMD path? New board with a dying socket and chipset, which will be obsolete soon.

I opted to drop a new P4 3.06GHz into my existing ABIT IT7MAX2 und clock it to 3.73GHz so far. 😀

AMD64 or P4EE? Not worth the $$$$$$$

3.06GHz? Also not worth the $$$. Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C? Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper.

For gaming I'll buy me a PS2 and a shitload of games for that kind of money.

For gaming, I'd have to wonder what kind of games you could find, after you'd gotten the Square titles, that could be worth the extra cost (not to mention the additional internet subscription costs).

Cerb,

3.06GHz? Also not worth the $$$. Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C? Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper.

"Why not a 2.6C or 2.8C?" - Because I replaced a 2.53.

"Can't imagine that 3.06 was cheaper" - No, it was not, but it gave me extra "legroom"

As for the games, I think it is pretty hard to beat a PS2 (even an X-BOX, for that matter) for what they cost and the entertainment they provide.

If you replaced a 2.53 w/ a 3.06, maybe. Personally, I don't have the money for that (I got a mobo, RAM and CPU for less than the cost of a 3.06 right now), much less paying for a console and two (FF), maybe three games.
MW4: Mercs? PC.
Battle Realms? PC.
If I weren't so tired I could make a nice, long list.

Oh, and on the thread...where's a $63 865 board and $45 1.8 P4? Or $90 2.4C?