AMD's First Quad Core is here....

[Brent]

Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9500 Agena 2.2GHz Quad-Core 4X 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2 95W Processor - Retail

Still not up to Intel par though: [H] Enthusiast - AMD Phenom & Spider vs Intel QX9770

[Seph]

About time, too bad about the reviews though. And funny the reviewer said AMD told them clock rates do not matter, because our AMD rep was telling us the same sorta thing when we compared the AMD chip to the Intel chip saying how certain factors don't matter.

Just watch, Intel is going to release a bunch of new chips before Christmas and drop the prices. Just watch.

[Brent]

I'm torn on what I want to buy.... I'm probably stay AMD though.

[dark]

i like my core 2

seems like amd is only good for building a budget system right now

[Brent]

Budget CPU's work when 95% of games are GPU limited

[bbunt302]

But guys, I thought AMD was supposed to come back and beat Intel's ass???

AMD Will Be Back On Top Soon
AMD's New Chip To Be Called 'Phenom'
HERE comes AMD

There's more, but I didn't feel like looking through all of them.

[Brent]

Ok, so we were wrong.

Guess you've never said anything that turned out to be wrong. Silly Intel Fan boy.

[Seph]

You know, I have to be around these electronics all the time and I have to admit something. When a laptop or desktop freezes up and crashes, it's always an AMD chip that's in there. The HP Touchscreen PC for example, the thing had to be reformatted every week or two because it would progressively get worse. And same went for some laptops, which really surprised me because I always thought Intel and AMD were practically equals.

[dark]

^the first pc i built for myself was an intel, never once crashed, or even had a blue screen... second pc i built was an amd... crashed constantly, BSOD at least once a day... this new pc is an intel... only had one crash, and that was something i caused myself

so yea, amd's track record isn't so great as far as i'm concerned

[MarkuzLS1]

I've built a number of AMD machines and a few Intel boxes, too. I haven't had any trouble out of either one of them. I have, over quite a few years, made a pretty good chunk of change off AMD's stock. So I usually lean that way. I'm not currently a stock holder, though. I sold my last chunk of stock for the down payment on this house.

[Brent]

I've never had problems out of my AMD machines :dunno:

[n8r]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brent I've never had problems out of my AMD machines :dunno:

Most of the problems are probably caused by the nut between the mouse and the keyboard...

[wiarumas]

im actually using my first intel ever right now.. no complaints either way.

in fact, processors are low on the list of my vital computer parts... well.. not that low. i think its important to have a decent processor... but the video card and ram are just so much more vital.

[Seph]

Quote: Originally Posted by wiarumas im actually using my first intel ever right now.. no complaints either way. in fact, processors are low on the list of my vital computer parts... well.. not that low. i think its important to have a decent processor... but the video card and ram are just so much more vital.

Wish there was an easier way to tell customers the biggest differences between the Intel and AMD other than bad experiences and cheaper prices.

[bbunt302]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brent Ok, so we were wrong. Guess you've never said anything that turned out to be wrong. Silly Intel Fan boy.

No, that's the difference. I haven't ever said anything wrong. :pnoid:

[Fishers Stang]

I will stick to AMD, but I will say jens Mac (with a intel) is not to bad.