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Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

geowrian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:34:42 EDT

That's some good information and thanks for the story. However, I worked at a university helpdesk for several years where we supported OEM (and a few custom ) computers for over 1000 residential students and several thousand more commuters. We see far more than our fair share of bad parts, but a damaged CPU is at the bottom of our list. Over four or five years, we only saw 3 bad CPUs. One of them was because the student purchased it without knowing anything about computers and damaged the pins. The other 2 were an AMD and an Intel.

Anyway, I don't know what kinda stuff people had been doing, but a 70% failure rate on CPUs, regardless of the company, is very, very awkward. Motherboards are far more likely to die. CPU makers do have a good amount of say on motherboards, but from a quality/reliability perspective, there's little they can do.

geowrian

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fizgiged — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:09:35 EDT

The clear choice for performance right now is Intel, with AMD lagging behind in development. It used to be AMD, with their hypertransport and each socket having its own bank of memory. The hypertransport used beat the pants off of the full-buffered Intel model. Where are the new generation of quad-core AMDs?

fizgiged

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-Core- — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:03:07 EDT

I prefer Intel, but my Laptop has an AMD in it..

-Core-

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brundlefly76 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:26:30 EDT

It never really depends on brand - it depends more on what I need at the time and who is fulfilling the need and at what price.

Who cares about CPU brand except CPU makers? They are commodity parts.

brundlefly76

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godwhacker — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:40:22 EDT

used to be all intel all the time, i have done the last 2 builds w/amd and loved em
current machine
5600+, w/2 8600gt cards
4gb ram
650w strider power supply
still a little weak in the video dept, i can play crysis on high, but it is choppy, put it on medium, and it rocks just fine

godwhacker

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phreakincool — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:55:31 EDT

@Moonshadow101: UltraSparc II, FTW!

phreakincool

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Chiper — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:20:43 EDT

@Moonshadow101:
The older PPC Macs used either Motorola or IBM made processors. Prior to PPC, it was only Motorola. No doubt this is the "other" that was checked.

I was all for AMD until recently when it came time to build an all new PC. The intel chips cost the same now, and make a fraction of the heat that the AMDs make. Considering that my old AMD is literally used as the heater in my office, I wanted to avoid that again.

Chiper

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dothedrewtoo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:32:55 EDT

unless you have to have the absolute most expensive, top-of-the-line CPU, you're money is hands-down better spent on an AMD

dothedrewtoo

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eidetic3d — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:59:15 EDT

My last two systems have been AMD powered. My next one will be Intel (Mac Pro). I'm not really loyal to either. Neither have given me problems, so it was usually going with whoever gave me the best price for my performance needs. If in the past two systems, I had paid no attention to cost, I probably would have leaned towards Intel though.

eidetic3d

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mantuswsh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:17:55 EDT

My issue with Intel has always been with every Intel machine I have to constantly tweak it to keep my machine stable. I work at a computer store where we build custom computers and we only use AMD procs, a friend of mine works for a competing computer store and they use only Intel he built himself a new quad core intel machine and I have an older x2 athlon and he has had more problems with his system then I've ever had with mine. In the first 8 months he's owned his machine he's had to wipe and reload it 3 times and all he does is play WOW. In the 2 years I've owned my machine I've only had to wipe it out once and that was to upgrade from Vista RC2 to final code. While I do agree that currently Intel had the performance crown in power it was that way before the Athlon came out and all AMD had was the K6, I think once Phenom can get out and breath and they get a die shrink in there the numbers will come to parity again.

mantuswsh

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Elvisisdead — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:41:08 EDT

SPARC all the way.

Elvisisdead

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starbuck1011 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:26:17 EDT

It's all about price/performance, and how willing you are to tweak things. Especially if you're an OCer, Intel is slapping AMD silly right now. I do hope they can bounce back, though, AMD has made some awesome chips in the past and there's nobody else to compete with Intel and keep the prices reasonable.

starbuck1011

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monkichi — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:20:13 EDT

I have no loyalty, what ever is bangs for the buck is what drives my purchase. I will swap from one to another depending on who's got the superior product on the market.

monkichi

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devperson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:06:25 EDT

If you're going to religiously buy one over the other for no good reason, you're an idiot and need to grow up. Buy from which ever manufacturer offers the best performance for your money in the given segment at a given time. At the moment, that manufacturer is Intel in almost every segment, but 4 years ago it was the complete opposite. I would love to see AMD bounce back, otherwise the market will stagnate and the consumer will suffer. This industry needs competition to progress, at the moment, there isn't really any. My 2 cents ...

devperson

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misterwho — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:59:19 EDT

I think my previous comment got gobbled up. Will have to wait and see.

misterwho

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misterwho — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:52:11 EDT

In the past I thought I could future proof my PC purchase by using parts that are near top of line. I've tossed that idea out the window for some time now.

Just after I bought a hot 3ghz Intel beast, they came out with dual core (arghhhhh). I'm sure many of those who bought Core Duo, wish they would have held out for Core 2 Duo.

Heck I can't even use the mobo's I have lying around the house to build anything decent.

In my heart I root for AMD (and ATI) and I would try to wait until they come out with options that best Intel's (or Nvidia's) offerings. However, I couldn't, with a clear conscience, recommend AMD based systems to any of my friends right now.

I wonder if anyone will read such a long comment, so far down the thread.

misterwho

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TurboFool — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:51:41 EDT

Where is the "I prefer whichever one is currently better" option? Seriously, I'm not a fanboy. I used AMD exclusively for years because they were, for those years, much better processors for the price. Right now Intel makes drastically better processors for the price. I will buy whichever one is making the best stuff at the time I'm buying. That seems like a better answer.

TurboFool

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asten77 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:37:35 EDT

I used Intel until the P4 line, then moved to AMD - currently have a 939 4200+ X2. It does what I need.

However, just bought a new laptop - and C2D is by far the way to go these days.

asten77

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Fierock — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:22:36 EDT

I have no brand loyalty, but I haven't owned a computer with AMD processor since my first 386.

Fierock

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maven2k — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:06 EDT

Unless you are on the cutting edge (Which I wish I could afford) and are building some uber rig, I really don't think it matters if you just do some research and pick what's right for your application.

maven2k

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Bash_ — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:15:32 EDT

Ehm... where is the "I'm getting an intel on my next computer, but all my old computers have had AMDs in them, which suck ass and that is why I'm switching" option? ;)

Bash_

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darrylsh — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:08:15 EDT

In the past, based on "bang for your buck", AMD cpus used to be superior than Intel, however Pre-Nvidia motherboards were not nearly as good as intel based motherboards. ( I'm looking at you VIA chipsets)

Now, AMD's prices have risen and performance has fallen, but from what I've read the Nvidia motherboards are pretty decent.

As you can probably tell, I've switched to using Intel now, but if AMD gets their act together, I'd switch back in a heartbeat

darrylsh

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Ubik2501 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:01:31 EDT

I go with whatever gives me the best performance bang for the buck at a given time. Until recently I bought all AMD systems, but the C2D has come to dominate my price/performance needs. My newest machine runs off a C2D 6750, while my older machine doing duty as an HTPC runs on an Athlon X2 4400+ (s939). I also have a C2D in my laptop, and an old Athlon XP 2100+ desktop I use to experiment with Linux distros every now and then.

Ubik2501

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lardazz — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:40:43 EDT

I have a professional animation and special effects machine with dual quad-core xeon processors. It devastates anything that AMD can put out. Performance is absolutely amazing.

lardazz

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Crashproof — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:37:19 EDT

Used to love AMD, but Core 2 Duo tipped the scales.

Crashproof

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riqgeez — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:28:13 EDT

Gotta say AMD for budget reasons but Intel for performance and longevity!

riqgeez

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Bender — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:22:49 EDT

I think AMD's are fine for gamers who build a new system every year or two. But I think they have no place in a business who buys a machine and expects to to last 4 or 5 years.

I Worked for a local "do it all" computer company.

We built (assembled) our own systems. The people building the machines were very knowledgable and professional. Static contol procedures were always followed.

All the machines we sold had a 4 year on site warranty. And probably 80% of them were rocking an AMD processor.

As time went on, we had so many warranty claims on 2-3 year old AMD machines that tending to the warrantys began to consume more and more of our time. It got to the point where you could go 2 or 3 days without preforming any billable work because your days were filled with warranty work swapping dead processors and motherboards.

Ultimately the company folded. The financial cost of replacing parts combined with the loss of billable hours drove the company too far into the red to recover.

Maybe it's unfair, but since then it's always been Intel for me.

Bender

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dufus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:17:29 EDT

Am I still the only person using a DEC Alpha processor in his VAX?

dufus

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Metropolis — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:57 EDT

I don't do any over clocking so I just get what ever will give me the most "bang for the buck"

Metropolis

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baandoptager — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:27:13 EDT

I use both.

Im guessing the poll is not that hard, since alot of mac-heads are in here, im guessing Intel wins the poll.

baandoptager

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Superchargedgtp — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:58:00 EDT

Intel

Superchargedgtp

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seym0ur caKe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:51:35 EDT

Intel all day baby!

seym0ur caKe

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Confuzius — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:43:24 EDT

Currently using AMD in both of my desktops, but since some disappointing experimenting with OSX86(Hackintosh)and the current price/performance ratios my next CPU will be Intel.
As far as video cards are concerned, as a linux user, I pledge allegiance to the united hertz of nvidia.

Confuzius

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grimgrassofhome — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:59:20 EDT

AMD for desktops, Intel for laptops.

grimgrassofhome

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pharago — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:54:23 EDT

AMD was the way to go until the core 2 duo appeared on the market, amd was cheaper AND faster, the K6 was an amazing microprocessor at the time, and also the athlon, now intel penryn processors are just in another league altogether, so yeah im much more about processing power than cpu brands, the only cpu 'brand' i always try to stick to, no matter what, is the x86 kind of cpu, thats it, im a PC guy, just like the rest of the macboys out there whoever they may be :P

pharago

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grimgrassofhome — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:39:53 EDT

AMDs on my desktops, Intels on my laptops.

grimgrassofhome

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christopherborne — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:59:17 EDT

Via, fool!

(Ok, just kidding.)

christopherborne

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Nathan Drake — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:20:28 EDT

I switched from crappy AMD's to wonderful Intel's :) Best component choice ever. Never again will an AMD cpu hold me back.

Nathan Drake

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citizen024 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:33:03 EDT

although i tend to chose AMD for budget systems, currently i prefer intels Core CPUs in terms of performance, But amd is atleast trying to stick it to the man.

citizen024

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thistle.john — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:13:30 EDT

AMD then PPC Mac, then Intel Mac, then Intel Mac again... and again.

thistle.john

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wetboxersguy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:59:39 EDT

AMD. No monopolist for me, thank you.

wetboxersguy

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Thrillcekr — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:27:27 EDT

Performance is what matters to me. A couple of years ago, when AMD was wiping the floor with Intel, I would have preferred AMD. For the time being Intel is back on top of the heap so I'd prefer their chips. I spend most of my time on a Mac so I really don't have much of a choice anyhow.

Speaking of Macs, PPC sucks. Having owned PC's with Athlons in them at the same time I owned Macs with PPC's, I can tell you that there was no comparison. A lot of crazed fanboys bought into Steve's propaganda about the superiority of PPC but I knew better. Sure was funny how he did a complete 180 about which was better once the deal was made with Intel.

Thrillcekr

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willyolio — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:17:43 EDT

@akmarksman:
the AMD 5000+ black is pretty much the best chip under $100.

great for a budget gaming build.

willyolio

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Knight — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:45:56 EDT

The engineering masterpiece that is the E8400 was enough to convert me from my old 3800+ AMD chip. Intel is just miles ahead of AMD right now, and once Nehalem comes out, it'll only get worse.

Knight

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akmarksman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:17:35 EDT

@willyolio: cheap?..well sure,I got my Athlon 64 X2 on eBay,but it's a decent system.
and I spent about $600 or so on the whole shooting match..infact the only non-ebay item is the case,which was a birthday present..a thermaltake sopranoRS.

akmarksman

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GrimaceXL — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:44:14 EDT

Via Mini-itx Eff Tee Dubs. I have an 3800+ x2 now, and it still runs great. But looks like ill be going with intel next. I remember amd's used to be better in power consumption and overclocking. Now intel is beating them in every facet but price. the core 2 duo 8000's are great with the 1333 fsb, and so are the q6000's

GrimaceXL

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whistler40069 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:33:09 EDT

My Amd Desktop Single Core seems to Kick my Laptop core2duo up the rear end. OVer and over my laptop with loads of Ram has been so much more of a slug to do so many simple tasks. I haven't had any issues as a matter of fact with the AMD as much as I have with Intel all these years. ;) True Quad, fine... dual core x2... fine, whatever doesn't slug is the better.

whistler40069

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simmo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:12:18 EDT

I used AMD on my last pc becuase it was cheaper and I was a student. Now I have a nice job Intel all the way ;)

simmo

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ProSeven — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:09:43 EDT

I use always the stronger CPU. Until the C2D, the Athlon was stronger.

ProSeven

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NewPerfection — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:04:20 EDT

My last computer was an inexpensive AMD, and it did really well for what it was. I always wanted a more powerful AMD processor. But with the excellent Core 2 Duos out, I went with that when I upgraded. I run a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo now, and the thing flies! I never liked Intel before now, and I had always hated the Pentium series.

NewPerfection

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whyisjasontaken — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:59:53 EDT

I have a couple of sparc workstations that I'd choose over either any day

whyisjasontaken

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megaforte — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:41 EDT

while its true the AMD makes nice processors and they have some better options then intel, they processors are crap. any office that i have walked in to with AMD processors has had the processors fail. its ok if you have them running on and off with not to much uptime, but when they are running constantly I much rather have intel. Intels chips haven't always been great but they last a hell of a lot longer then AMD's (or at least in my encounters). port of me thinks that AMD is just around so that intel doesn't become a monopoly. not many other companies make Processors for Computers and Laptops (not including UMPC, Ect.) Meh I still have Powerbook's siting around that run all day bless their parts.

megaforte

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dsween — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:37 EDT

I was a fan of AMD for quite a while, especially when they released the Athlon 64 X2. I craved that thing night and day. But with the Phenoms? I dunno. The Core 2 Duos beat the quad core. I'll probably switch back to AMD if their next processor is better.

dsween

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Zlevee — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:55:47 EDT

@segamanxero: Check out the Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition. Still not beating Intel, but may suit your needs.

Zlevee

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Zlevee — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:49:27 EDT

@segamanxero: they corrected that with the recently released chips.

Generally I'm an AMD guy. Intel just charges extra for the name, and that pisses me off the same way anything made by Sony is overpriced and pisses me off. I would agree with the "preferred AMD until recently" though. But, I'm not in dire need to build a new system now, so I can wait a year for AMD to take their turn in the lead. The two companies will continue to play leapfrog for the foreseeable future.

Zlevee

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qld — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:36:04 EDT

Intel only

qld

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rainfever — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:35:45 EDT

i pretty much prefer whomever is making better processors at the time...

a long while ago it was AMD. But now its Intel. So AMD will just have to produce quality material before i switch for intel (or at least intel will have to produce worse quality than AMD)...

rainfever

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Evangelion — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:27:36 EDT

@Adolf: It sucks not to have choices, doesn't it? :)

Evangelion

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frndlybnny — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:24:45 EDT

I had a friend that had AMD and his worked fine. My dad had an AMD that sucked, but he isn't teh uber-leet hax0rz, so I wondered if some of his problems might be just that: his problem. I'd always had Intel, then bought an AMD: it tanked after 2 days. I've stuck with Intel ever since.

frndlybnny

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DNELI — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:51:43 EDT

I always use amd.i never had any bad experience with amd.but with an old intel few years ago,an old p4 or p3 or something.another reason for prefering amd is probably that the best thing in my life begins with a.the name of my girlfriend.i also like ati,asus...

DNELI

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thailion — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:46:14 EDT

Slow news day?

thailion

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CSUSam — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:43:11 EDT

In the current generation, Intel is way better than AMD. If this were four years ago or so, then AMD would have been my choice.

CSUSam

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mferrari — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:31:31 EDT

@Moonshadow101: Actually you could have gotten a mac just a few years ago.

mferrari

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jakewill — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:19:27 EDT

As a computer consultant (monkey with a #2 screwdriver), I both build business/home systems and repair 3rd party OEM systems...

My business used to use all AMD's with Shuttle motherboards... Then we realized that after about 4 years (1-3 years after the warranty expired) the processors were coming back with about a 70% failure rate. By then, they were cheap as dirt, but nonetheless, we had to cover our warranty we put on the systems (5 years) and pay for the labor and processor replacement.

That was back in the late 90's to early 2000's.

Since the realization that AMD processors and second-rate motherboards were garbage, we have started ONLY using Intel motherboards and processors. They have generally been as fast as our customers need, and being used as basic workstations, quality was the first priority.

Out of approximately 400+ Intel processors and motherboards, we have only had to do RMAs on 1 Processor(fan died in a dirty system and burned up the processor) and 4 motherboards (2 of which were blown by lightning through an unprotected dial-up modem, the others had failed built-in Realtek network adapters).

I know 400 systems is not a lot over 6 years, but we SWEAR by Intel. Almost ALL RMA work we do is on 3rd party OEM systems (i.e. Dell, HP, Compaq, etc.) and we have NEVER had a failed Intel processor from ANY of these manufacturers, no matter how cheap the system. We only get about 5 AMD systems a year, and half of the time it is the cheap 3rd party motherboard (i.e. MSI, Foxconn, etc.) or the Processor (always a headache as it is the last thing we replace.)

Well, I hope that you can relate to my experiences, good luck finding a processor! (Q9550 FTW!)

yes, I am an Intel fanboy

jakewill

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kratos76 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:12:59 EDT

Too many choices to answer Giz!!! Prefer, or Only Use... used to prefer...

kratos76

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fuzzmanmatt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:04:03 EDT

68040 for life yo!

fuzzmanmatt

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Damage — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:45:22 EDT

You know, prior to the Core-X series, didn't AMD hold both performance and price crown? With the Core and Core 2 Series of Processors, the pendulum has swung towards Intel. It probably helps to have better manufacturing facilities...

Damage

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rquesada — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:44:29 EDT

First and seconds PC, were Cyrix. Third one, Pentium II, because I always wanted an 'Intel Inside' computer. I would be using that rig if it weren't a victim of the badcaps plague in early 21st century. Bought an Athlon XP as a replacement, and still using it (And will use until it stops working or my Linux distro of choice switches completeley to x86_64)!!! Recently I upgraded my brother's Pentium III Tualatin to an Athlon X2 on xmas, a very sweet machine that I keep using every time I have a chance (ie. brother not playing or watching youtube).

There is a fact that most fanboys oversee, at the moment Intel might be the king in the CPU kingdom, but no matter how fast they are over AMD's, there is no way that somebody could have the fastest processor in any single moment. Core 2 Duos today are the rage, but if AMD releases some magic processor that beats Core 2 Duo, a lot of people then will bash Intel.

In this moment whatever current processor you use is fine. Because, it isn't the fastest or most efficient processor. It is just a tool that let you do your work or entertain you. And any model from AMD or Intel will do fine.

Under that principle, I'm sticking with AMD, they are fast enough, very efficient, very cheap, and have a lot of features for years that Intel is now without any shame duplicating in their Nehalem architecture.

I'm even looking seriously at VIA Isaiah's and Intel Atom recent stories and thinking of them as desktop machines, I prefer a very efficient processor to a multi-core hundreds-of-watts mini kitchen.

After all, how much do you need to read Gizmodo? I had for a few months a VIA C3 800Mhz Mini-ITX... And it was enough to surf the web, programming, writing and distribute files over the home network.

I think that processor branding is irrelevant now.

rquesada

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willyolio — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:43:05 EDT

AMD for cheap, low-end computers, Intel for high-end.

a few years ago it was AMD all the way.

willyolio

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Ryanraven — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:24:24 EDT

AMD has really gone downhill in the last few years. I am no certain if it is marketing, corporate issues, or just development but something is up at AMD

Ryanraven

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mhlaxp — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:22:20 EDT

I consider my system to be pretty high-end, and I still don't come across anything that bottlenecks on my processor. I've compared it with friends' Core 2 Duo systems with processors that are in the same price range and mine is faster.

I'm not worried about power consumption or overclocking- my AMD is in a desktop and overclocking is pointless these days. Your processor is already not the bottleneck 99.9% of the time- who needs an extra .2 ghz? It was great back when it brought about vast performance increases but that isn't what we need right now.

Yeah, Intel is ahead right now, but I've never been big on supporting the big guys if I can avoid it.

mhlaxp

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rdldr1 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:14:10 EDT

@DanyBrancho: The battle has been back and fourth, with Intel winning lately. A few years ago, AMD out performed intel chips and hit 1Ghz before intel did. I could go either way. My custom PC has an AMD proc, while my laptop has an Intel inside. I agree that AMD is starting to lose steam, and now Intel is making all the right moves.

rdldr1

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DanyBrancho — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:00:15 EDT

Why are we even having this poll when it has been proven that intel is far superior to AMD

DanyBrancho

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ThatOneWeirdo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:56:56 EDT

PowerPC. HA! They run way too hot. Too noisy.

ThatOneWeirdo

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Krutch — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:53:37 EDT

Intel, they work great and AMD has lost its cool. Plus AMD prices are twice as high as some really good intel dual core processors.

Krutch

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

notatoad — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:52:45 EDT

as i am not programming in assembly language, it really doesn't matter to me.

currently intel has the performance market locked up, but that doesn't mean that amd can't rise again. intel's future plans show a lack of innovation, hopefully amd can bring it back. a competetive market is always better that a monopolized one.

notatoad

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

aphex242 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:47:50 EDT

I prefered AMD until recently. - perfect answer. AMD was on par in terms of performance for years and cost was considerably less... unfortunately they fell behind the curve and it's Intel or bust for me.

aphex242

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Shabbis — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:42:38 EDT

Intel, because that is what comes in my macs.

Shabbis

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

lafond66 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:42:35 EDT

@segamanxero: have you heard of the Kentsfield from intel?

I've only ever used an Intel processor dating back to original Pentiums. I've built systems for friends that have AMD's, but I don't see myself ever switching.

lafond66

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

geowrian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:39:02 EDT

@diabolusunknown:
Understandable, but from a power perspective, being able to control cores individually based on demand & assumed usage results in battery battery life. For laptops, it makes a big difference if AMD can get it right...right now they're not quite up to it, and the errata in them is not helping. If they can fix that and get similar performance for about the same price, Intel will have to keep watching it's back.

geowrian

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

geowrian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:38:34 EDT

@diabolusunknown:

Understandable, but from a power perspective, being able to control cores individually based on demand & assumed usage results in battery battery life. For laptops, it makes a big difference if AMD can get it right...right now they're not quite up to it, and the errata in them is not helping. If they can fix that and get similar performance for about the same price, Intel will have to keep watching it's back.

geowrian

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:28:20 EDT

@hazmx: Gizmodo should do a ATI vs Nvidia Poll

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:27:46 EDT

I prefer Intel...

When I was just learning how to build computers I used AMD athlons (eww) then when I switched for a P4 then the Speed was significantly faster had lesser choke ups. I guess AMD is better for the Price, but if you have money buy Intel.

There are other companies that make processors too, I can only name VIA, IBM, and Motorola off the top of my head, but I haven't actually used them recently so no comment.

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

ab3 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:23:05 EDT

Where's the VIA love?

ab3

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Messer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:19:18 EDT

VIA or Cyrix, that's all I use baby!

Messer

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

hazmx — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:18:04 EDT

@OmegaVader: I do the Same

First Pentium 4
Then AMD 64 X2
Now Intel Quad Core

i gotta say buying AMD was nice cause i felt i wasnt being Scamed. But Intel CPU's are sweet.
Same happened to ATI now im on NVIDIA

hazmx

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

bob-e — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:42 EDT

Brand loyalty is silly, I go where the benchmarks are. Which means I'm an Intel guy at the moment.

bob-e

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Sqube — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:15:09 EDT

I prefer the one that has the best performance. I'm using an Opteron right now, my net chip is going to be a Q9300.

It's all about performance, fanbois. Brand loyalty never did anybody any favors.

Sqube

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Sam_Zebian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04:19 EDT

3/4 of my pc's are intel. The last is AMD. They all run vista, and some run Ubuntu and OSX.

Sam_Zebian

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

xboxishuge — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:02:30 EDT

I rolled with AMD from the first Athlons until the Intel Conroe chips came out and trashed everything, at which point there was no good reason to stick with AMD anymore.

I don't have anything in the way of brand loyalty, though, and if AMD/ATI every get their act together, I'll drop my current trend of Intel/nVidia systems, but there's just no serious competition in the part of the market I buy in, right now.

xboxishuge

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

OmegaVader — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:23 EDT

This is nuts! why prefer either one? I buy the best product available on the market. Once it was a t-bird. another time it was the p4 2.53GHz. a few laters, it was an amd X2. Right now, it's a core2duo. I don't take sides with a company, that's just silly! I buy whatever's worthwhile, which is always changing.

OmegaVader

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

tonyn84 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:51:41 EDT

AMD has always has the best price point for what I'm building, every desktop I have built uses them. Intel makes some very fast chips, if you want to pay. That being said though, my laptop is an Intel because they do very well in the mobile chips.

tonyn84

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Daniel — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:50:15 EDT

Intel always. P4 1.6Ghz in server, 2.8Ghz w/ HT in desktop, 2.0Ghz Core2 Duo in laptop.

What can I say, they work!

daniel

Daniel

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Mike918 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:49:36 EDT

I do like Intel more...my experience with AMD processors has always been very bad...my laptop's core 2 duo at 1.8 kicks my friend's turion 64 x2 at 2.0 straight on the ass.

Mike918

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

gamecrazychris — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:49:26 EDT

I use whatever cpu has the best performance and price, and ever since Core 2 duo its been Intel all the way and looks to be that way for a while.

gamecrazychris

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Joseph — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:45:01 EDT

@bigMoneyMIKE: "True Quad Core" means it doesn't lie.

Joseph

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Dook_In_The_Urinal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:42:43 EDT

@bigMoneyMIKE:
It means there are 4 seperate, individual cores, whereas Intel combines (2) dual core processors to form 4 cores.

Dook_In_The_Urinal

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

diabolusunknown — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:42:41 EDT

@bigMoneyMIKE: As far as im concerned, my "fake" quad core (Q6600) results in better performance than a "true" quad core, so i dont give a flying fuck whether the two cores are linked. The myths about FSB being a bottleneck are completely false, as have been proven in countless benchmarks.

Sure its time for it to go with the coming processors that will offer more cores per package, where FSB will actually be a bottleneck, but as it stands now, 4 completely separate cores can still be fast faster than the rest, as long as they are not Phenom cores.

diabolusunknown

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

giyad — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:40:50 EDT

good poll!

giyad

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

techmind48 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:39:03 EDT

I prefer AMD for two main reasons: the price difference and more features built with the processor.

Secondly, because of the competition, Intel is forced to bring down the price.

We have to keep the competition alive, so that customers are benefited.

When we get a better product with less price why go for a costly one.

Intel is forced to hike its advertisements to keep its image alive.

Bhasker Raj
India

techmind48

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

CarbonatedWater — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:35:56 EDT

I like Intel since I'm more familiar with them but I wouldn't have a problem with a switch to AMD. I use Macs though so it doesn't really matter since it's dictated by Apple what processor goes in the computer.

CarbonatedWater

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

bigMoneyMIKE — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:34:38 EDT

@segamanxero: What the fuck does that mean? "True Quad Core"

bigMoneyMIKE

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

jam3972 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:34:27 EDT

since core 2 I've been all about intel for performance.

still prefer amd on a budget though.

jam3972

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

karmaghost — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:32:10 EDT

When I upgraded my system years ago, I used AMD and wouldn't have dreamt about going back. But since them, AMD has fallen slightly from grace so I kind of prefer Intel... but i haven't had a need to care either way since I haven't upgraded in years and years.

karmaghost

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Abnormal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:28:50 EDT

I use whatever is best for the application.

Abnormal

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Mandatory_Field — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:27:49 EDT

@Gigo: "AMD needs to get there act together". They just haven't been as cool since Sanders left....

Mandatory_Field

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

strider_mt2k — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:27:06 EDT

@Moonshadow101:
Oh, uh z80 FTW

strider_mt2k

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

strider_mt2k — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:25:58 EDT

I've liked Intel processors and Intel chipsets too for the most part.
That's what has worked for me historically.

Of course everything is different now, so if I had to replace my current desktop I'd have to really read up quite a bit before making a move.
I do like nvidea for my video if given a preference.

Of course I'm always open to hearing about different stuff and I respect everyone's right to be into anything they like.

strider_mt2k

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Gigo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:24:28 EDT

At the moment, for me its Intel. Intel CPU's can OC way higher than AMD CPU's (and no, OCing does not damage hardware if voltage and temps are monitored, which is easy to do)

Phenoms, even though they are a true quad core, they are terrible at OCing and the new stepping can only go to 3-3.2ghz.

While the old Intel Q6600 can OC to 3.6-4ghz (G0 stepping).

AMD needs to get there act together. Intel already has 45nm CPU's out and Nehalem is coming out in the end of this year.

So far, AMD's only hope is ATI which is keeping them alive still. NVIDIA has been slipping, the 9 series is terrible in performance as most of the 9 series cards perform the same as the newer 8 series cards. Being brilliant, they reused the G92 core, which is in the 512mb GT and GTS.

ATI can take advantage of this hopefully with the upcoming 4 series. But who knows, NVIDIA is touting there GT200.

The 9 series might just be a filler for NVIDIA between the 8 series and the upcoming cards with the GT200.

Gigo

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

_newuser_ — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:23:58 EDT

go Intel!!!!

_newuser_

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Adolf — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:22:09 EDT

Hello, I'm a Mac, and I have no choice.

For one reason or another, I've always had Intel processors. Before I got my Mac, I was thinking of building a new machine to replace my old Compaq, and use AMD, but only because it was cheaper than Intel and I was working on a very limited budget...

Adolf

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

regnez — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:20:39 EDT

I don't have a preference. My allegiance is to performance, so whichever company can offer me the best processor for the money gets my business.

regnez

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

11hawkinst — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:20:25 EDT

I've stuck with intel since my first computer that I bought in the '90s. I believe it was a Pentium processor (nothing but the best, right?)

11hawkinst

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Moonshadow101 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:19:11 EDT

Who checked other? How old are you people?

Moonshadow101

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Rodime — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:19:10 EDT

my first home built computer was an amd. I had problems left, right and centre - maybe because it was my first? ... well, you know they say you never forget your first. But now that I've bought into intel - I'll never sell!

Rodime

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

DucatiGuy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:17:37 EDT

Rode the AMD market wave and made some sweet $$$ in the process. Bought in at $12 sold at $35 a few years back. Sad to see the stocks now in the single digits. Wondering if that waves ever gonna come back?

DucatiGuy

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Evangelion — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:16:24 EDT

Intel, enough said.

Evangelion

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Joseph — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:13:32 EDT

What about IBM? The Die Hard G4 G5 and Power6 users!

Joseph

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Mandatory_Field — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:13:08 EDT

There have been times when AMD has held the performance advantage, and they have usually held the price advantage, but I've typically bought Intel (probably in a ratio of 6:1 vs AMD). Quite possibly in reaction to the religious fanatics who always bought AMD as a way of "sticking it to the man", in much the same way that some people go for linux or OS/X (and previously OS/2) over Microsoft....

Mandatory_Field

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

Joseph — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:12:12 EDT

I used to be down with AMD, but they fell off like a loose wheel.

Joseph

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

pizzlepaps — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:11:22 EDT

things were so much simpler when it was just pentium 1, 2, etc. seems like there are so many different branded cpus by intel and amd now. maybe i just didn't notice before.

pizzlepaps

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

vertigo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:09:27 EDT

B3 Is out - but Tom's said wait till next round ships.

vertigo

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

nXt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:08:36 EDT

I use AMD on my desktops because they're cheaper and Core 2 Duos on my Laptop.

nXt

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer AMD or Intel CPUs?

segamanxero — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:08:10 EDT

AMDs Phenoms are true quad cores, but that stepping problem prevents me from purchasing one...
Im waiting till intel or AMD comes out with a real quad core processor that does not have any defects.

segamanxero