Intel or AMD?

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Mythe on 02 June 2010

I've only used intel.....

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averyblund on 02 June 2010

Tanstalas said:
I was AMD all the way until a couple years ago when I went with the Prescott CPU. Sucker ran hot but performed well, I built a new PC a few years ago and went with the Q6700, now I'm not sure whats up with it, but it actually boots up slower than my old prescott.

I'm thinking that during POST/BIOS maybe not all the CPU power is used, I know it had a program where you could set the multiplier in windows, defaulted to 6, but you could step it up to a 10 which gave you the 2.67..

So I assume that when it's booting it is only running at 1.6ghz speed (x6 multiplier) - I'm sure there is a BIOS setting, but I really never really cared, when I put it on 10x multiplier the PC fans spin so fast it sounds like a jet is taking off :) And I don't PC game much anymore, last few years have been basically WoW and FFXI.

You went Intel during the P4 Prescott days? I think that overpriced devil chip was what caused me to go AMD for the first time. Prescott was seriously outclassed by the AMD64s of the day and ran hotter than hell. Thank god the shift to more efficient chips happened when it did. Clockspeed was the mantra of the day, but you damn near needed liquid cooling and a nuclear powerplant to go over 3ghz.

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Darc Requiem on 04 June 2010

Yeah I've never heard of anyone going Intel during the P4 days.

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NJ5 on 05 June 2010

Most of my PCs have been Intel, but nowadays I have to admit that this chart says everything:

http://paulisageek.com/compare/cpu/

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kylohk on 05 June 2010

Intel, always has been (although I was forced to use AMD on one of my previous laptops...)

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Darc Requiem on 05 June 2010

NJ5 said:

Most of my PCs have been Intel, but nowadays I have to admit that this chart says everything:

http://paulisageek.com/compare/cpu/

I know AMD had the better performance for you dollar but I had no idea it was that bad. If you include motherboards it goes even further in AMD's favor.

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zexen_lowe on 06 June 2010

I had an AMD K6-2 once as my main PC, it was a completely horrible PC and made me hate practically everything that constituted it thanks to the hell that every component gave me (the processor, Voodoo cards, Win 98). Therefore, I pick Intel, they aren't perfect, but at least I haven't had bad experiences with them