Shoestar said:
1) Yeah... a few months ago I would have said the same thing when the price range/performance for the phenom was much higher compared to the intel C2Q line. But now with the price drop, the AMD Spider platform makes it worth it to have a full ATI/AMD combo. Source since I don't feel like getting into details: http://www.amd.com/us-en/0,,3715_15341,00.html As well, if u didn't know... ATI is owned by AMD. Just in case you would contest the validity of this point as it comes directly from AMD themselves. 2) He asked a question. Hence I'm giving him information relevant to his question. So I should refrain from giving him 'some' information because it might confuse him? That's kind'a illogical.
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1) I know that AMD makes both of those now. It doesn't increase performance to have both. The reason they keep talking about a platform is to sell more stuff not because it offers an advantage. There is no physical reason for it to and no benchmarks I have seen have shown otherwise.
2) By 'confuse', I don't mean that the information shouldn't be given, I meant that it is irrelevenat marketing speak and ought not to affect his decision at all. Why buy native quad cores if they don't offer a performance or other advantage?
