AMD or Intel?

[burning-ape]

This is probably a really common question, but I've been told by a couple of guys that I'm better off with AMD, due to my graphics card being ATi, which is a part of AMD. Also, apparently, you get "more bang for your buck"

 

Mega-confusion o.o

[Dalo Harkin]

LOL - at this moment in time AMD is getting beat hands down by INTEL - and its the INTEL chips that offer more bangs for buck - the GPU market is a different matter - ATI is ahead of NVIDIA but only marginally ;)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

On the flip side

 

http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/computing-news/4107-amd-have-22nm-factory-2012-a.html

[Dalo Harkin]

Thats 4 years away matey -

I used to vote AMD all the time but the dual and quad cores have really pounded AMD as of late.

[burning-ape]

If I'm building a PC in 4 years time, AMD it is then :P

 

But for now, Intel will do me fine.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

A week in politics or chip building is a long time Ape.

 

Watch this space mate.

[Dalo Harkin]

If I'm building a PC in 4 years time, AMD it is then :P

 

But for now, Intel will do me fine.

 

Ah but by then what will Intel have to offer and with Windows 7 being the OS at that time - ;)

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Truly an enigma :confused:

[Dalo Harkin]

And we will have VIA to contend with too - and lets not even think about if NVIDIA start making CPU's ;)

[Plastic Nev]

Not to mention all the other advances proposed by various manufacturers by then. Solid state hard drives, based on a new magnetic principle, so no spinning disks. True touch screen technology, so no mouse any more. CPU's based on a different technology all together, that won't even get warm, no need for all those whirring fans. Who knows what else may be in production in four years time?

[TheSlee]

and what if a new company bring out CPUs/GPUs that blow all the others out of the water.

 

so much to consider, my brain melted

[Dalo Harkin]

At the moment - Intel for CPU's and ATI for GPU's

 

There is no chance of any other companies coming in and dominating the market - AMD and INTEL and ATI (AMD) and NVIDIA - thats pretty much it, any others dont have the resources or the money to bid in the war :D