Why is AMD better than Intel?

cHiNgY1788 · #1 October 5th, 2005, 02:24 AM

From a post not long ago...

According to the Australian Personal Computers Magazine, October issue 2005 Vol 25 No 10...
The P4, pretty much every model, has worse performance, in Multimedia apps, Office activities and Games when compared to AMD CPUs, also Intel CPus are hotter(literally) than its corresponding AMD cpu... The sempron 3300 actually beat the P4 Extreme Edition in a multi media benchmark!!!
The P4 Extreme Edition fried an egg

"AMD's Athlon 64s were the clear Victors"

Benchmarks carried out on the following CPUs
Athlon 64 4000+ P4 670
Athlon X2 4800+ Pentium D 820
Athlon FX 57 Pentium Extreme Edition
Sempron 3300 Celeron D 351

I suggest you buy your self an APC mag if ur in aust... from any Newsagent or Coles/Woolworths Supermarket

Did i mention AMD is also Cheaper than Intel too?
AMD cpus, according to PC upgrade Booklet, by the makers of PC powerplay, say that when a new amd cpu is put out, it will work on motherboards that have the same socket, supported FSB only needs a Bios update(remember the Socket A?)... while intel CPUs when new ones released, need a new board

My question is
Why can AMD offer better performance, yet keeping the CPU cooler and cheaper than Intel?

bAdWaYz · #2 October 5th, 2005, 03:44 AM

I'm not sure but I think its voodoo!

Seriously however you could get a heated debate going over that subject. Ask the intel folks and they will give you a huge list why the P4 is better. Ask the same question to AMD folks and you will get another huge list. Its awesome if you have friends around that have one of each and you can play around with their computers to kinda get a feel for AMD vs Intel. Then just go with the one that you feel is better for you. I don't have a heap of tech facts to back it up but I put AMD chips in my personal computers. I like the bang for the buck you get and I just dig not buying Intel. Ohhh and the fan combo I put in my last computer is so loud its cool sounds like a Blackhawk taking off. Plus in the winter I can heat the room without turning on the heat yay!!

cHiNgY1788 · #3 October 5th, 2005, 07:24 AM

That sounds much like my comp, Loud CPU fan, loud Casefan, and it can generate enough heat to warm a small room in the winter