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View Poll Results: Which types of CPU's do you prefer? | |
AMD
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Intel
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Unsure
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15th November 2008, 03:55 PM
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right ok, thats why i was gettin confused, also my wattage comparisons were from micro mart! wrong aswel i take it lol!
either way im still usin amd just ordered amd quad black edition with asus motherboard with amd crossfire and ati certified ram! not keen on Nvidia either! lol
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15th November 2008, 04:01 PM
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Yup they must be 
Lol. I prefer ATI myself actually  Not that I have anything against nVIDIA, just that ATI cards fit better in my graphics budget
Well you'll need a good power supply, that's all I can say really
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15th November 2008, 04:04 PM
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Was Looking at this one, should be sufficient!
Akasa 650W AK-P650FF Quiet ATX12V/EPS12V v2.01 aPFC PSU with Sanyo Denki Fan SLi/Crossfire Ready
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15th November 2008, 04:08 PM
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That'll be fine
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15th November 2008, 04:10 PM
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At least were mutual on those 2 things then lol
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15th November 2008, 04:18 PM
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Lol well there may be more to come yet
Just for the record, I have nothing against AMD
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15th November 2008, 04:22 PM
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lol, i suppose me to intel too, its just that i have meddled with a couple and they certainly not impressed me! the only one i would like to try perhaps is the quad extreme, certainly cnt afford one to try though lol, v expensive!!
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15th November 2008, 04:33 PM
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Lol fair enough.
Yeah it's extremely expensive (no pun intended). What i'd recommend is to overclock a Q6600 to 3GHz, and watch it absolutely fly.
Seriously though. Ever since the Core 2 Duo was released, Intel seem like a completely different company. It really was a turnaround for Intel when they released the Core2 architecture.
I admit, some of Intel's previous processors were quite disappointing, especially for their price, and AMD was your best bang for buck. Although I disagree with people that say AMD's CPUs at the time could outdo Intels (with the exception of Athlon X2 vs Pentium D). Just AMD were just best value for money by quite a lot in my experience.
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15th November 2008, 04:39 PM
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Il never say that amd will run circles round intel but i think amd's cpu's perform well enough for most people/tasks, perhaps excluding extreme gamers!
At the end of the day ive been using Amd since the days of socket 7 and slot A lol, still own both! including Socket A Duron!
so just the path i have taken really lol !
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15th November 2008, 04:47 PM
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Don't confuse Slot A and Socket A
My old mobo was Socket A 
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15th November 2008, 04:52 PM
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Not Gettin Confused lol
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15th November 2008, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam951  Il never say that amd will run circles round intel but i think amd's cpu's perform well enough for most people/tasks, perhaps excluding extreme gamers! | I couldn't agree more
Just that when I purchased my computer, AMD didn't have a quad-core processor available, and I got my processor for £165, almost a year and a half ago. It was unbelieveable value for a quad-core at the time and no AMD could compare.
Maybe if AMD had a quad-core processor available at the time, I probably would have considered it. Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam951 Slot A Was The Equivlent of intels Slot 1! The Big Black Processor Which just slotted on the board!
Socket A was the chip style equivlent to intels socket 370/478 | I've had computers with chips for all of those sockets
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15th November 2008, 05:05 PM
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Thats fairenough! well im gonna try the x4 and see how things go! if not gr8 just dig out old opteron and start usin that again! always been happy with that!
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15th November 2008, 05:10 PM
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I've tried a couple of Phenoms myself. They are good performing chips and i'm sure you'll be happy with it as an avid AMD fan, but they're not without their flaws
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15th November 2008, 05:12 PM
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well to be honest aint a gamer or anything that extreme, so should be ok! just need a nice quick stable system for work! will be better for my video editing work too hopefully! at the mo my x2 will work with my editing but not quite as good as i would lke!
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15th November 2008, 05:16 PM
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You'll be very happy with a Phenom in that case Should cut your encoding by a fair bit
They're not too bad for gaming aswell. I've used the Phenom 9850 on games and it seemed fine
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15th November 2008, 05:17 PM
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Cool!
lol there still useful for some things! il never get rid of them! Quote:
Originally Posted by Daveskater Don't confuse Slot A and Socket A
My old mobo was Socket A |
Slot A - AMD Athlon Was The Equivlent of intels Slot 1-Celeron/pentium! The Big Black Processor Which just slotted on the board!
Socket A - Athlon/Duron was the chip style equivlent to intels socket 370/478
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16th November 2008, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by iTouch Thanks.
Im thinking of buying a server CPU  | You do such limited stuff that I'm surprised you're bothering to upgrade in the first place. You're paying out the nose for just that extra split second less that you have to wait for your computer to do as it is told.
Do you seriously have that much money to blow? Or do you honestly need that kind of technology?
I'm sorry if I come off a bit incredulous or even angry. I'm just stunned that you have such a good computer already, and you already want to upgrade more. You're either the computer industry's best customer, or the biggest computer fanatic of anyone I've ever met in the history of ever.
Quite honestly mate, the best upgrade you could make is none at all. What you have is great for whatever money you paid, and it should be doing the tasks you put it through with relative ease.
But anyway...that's a bit off topic considering the main point of the thread. Based on what I've seen in terms of quality, performance, and price, Intel has been on top for a long time. I think AMD is concentrating far more on its graphics card industry. They're trying to nudge Nvidia onto their side of the market so as to gain a fair share and not have ANOTHER company walking all over them.
AMD used to be very top of the line. That's not to say they're terrible. But they can't even hope to come close to the kind of stuff Intel is putting out on the moment unless they pull a miracle out of you know where. And we're talking a revolutionary new chip that will change the way computers process things. Raising the bar. That sort of thing.
With Intel, it was one smash hit after another. The E6750. The E8500. The Q6600. Then 45nm versions of them. Then newer and even more advanced quad-cores. Intel has been so on the ball in the processor department that I can't find it in my heart to become an AMD fan.
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16th November 2008, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by link590o Intel has been on top for a long time. I think AMD is concentrating far more on its graphics card industry. They're trying to nudge Nvidia onto their side of the market so as to gain a fair share and not have ANOTHER company walking all over them. | I agree. AMD/ATI are doing a fantastic job in the graphics industry, and I have happily used their graphics cards for years, and always been impressed with them 
As for their latest processors. I do think that they're underrated, but at the same time they're nothing special. To be honest, I do think they wasted their time creating quad-core technology based upon an old architecture. In my honest opinion, they should have used a brand new architecture. I also believe they should not have wasted their time on "native quad-core" as i've seen absolutely no performance benefit from it.
Come to think of it, I think I actually prefer 2 CPU dies instead of 4 due to heat dissipation reasons.
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