EDIT: yes, I know there was a topic simular to this, HOWEVER it went offtopic and turned into a flame war. I will not allow that to happen here.
I am going to start this up, I don't want a flame war, just a clean discussion. I'll start with AMD, heres my reasons why:
Pretty much I have used AMD since the p75 (also known as 80486DX5 5x86)came out on the socket 3 motherboards. Clock speed of 133MHz, 4.0 multiplier and 33MHz bus! woohoo!
I built my first computer with it, i was 12 or 13 then, but times were different with computer building. It was after our old packard bell which was a 386 (intel i think) and i remember installing a math-co processor! Anyways, since then I've always trusted AMD and have been with them since. I have used some intels only for them to burn out after awhile. I recently dug up my old p75 and to my amazment it works. I considered installing DSL(Damn Small Linux) on it and using it as a router, but its the ISA motherboard which well, ISA cards are hard to come by.
Despite AMD being considered an "underdog" AMD has toppled over intel many times. I remember when the Athlon XP 3000+ clocked at 2.17GHz out performed a P4 clocked at 3.2GHz by 17%. I don't remember which model P4 it was. but it was an older one obviously. I can't wait to see how AMD fights back with the K8L and their new 5.2GT/sec bus.
I can't really say i hate intel or they suck, they do have some good things like conroe, and the cheaper Pentium D's my firend uses the Pentium D's as dedicated server boxes and he said they're wicked fast.
So tell me what You all choose, and why. I don't want to hear Intel sucks, or AMD sucks. Give good vaild reasons and arguements
I am going to start this up, I don't want a flame war, just a clean discussion. I'll start with AMD, heres my reasons why:
Pretty much I have used AMD since the p75 (also known as 80486DX5 5x86)came out on the socket 3 motherboards. Clock speed of 133MHz, 4.0 multiplier and 33MHz bus! woohoo!
I built my first computer with it, i was 12 or 13 then, but times were different with computer building. It was after our old packard bell which was a 386 (intel i think) and i remember installing a math-co processor! Anyways, since then I've always trusted AMD and have been with them since. I have used some intels only for them to burn out after awhile. I recently dug up my old p75 and to my amazment it works. I considered installing DSL(Damn Small Linux) on it and using it as a router, but its the ISA motherboard which well, ISA cards are hard to come by.
Despite AMD being considered an "underdog" AMD has toppled over intel many times. I remember when the Athlon XP 3000+ clocked at 2.17GHz out performed a P4 clocked at 3.2GHz by 17%. I don't remember which model P4 it was. but it was an older one obviously. I can't wait to see how AMD fights back with the K8L and their new 5.2GT/sec bus.
I can't really say i hate intel or they suck, they do have some good things like conroe, and the cheaper Pentium D's my firend uses the Pentium D's as dedicated server boxes and he said they're wicked fast.
So tell me what You all choose, and why. I don't want to hear Intel sucks, or AMD sucks. Give good vaild reasons and arguements
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