Category: Geeks r Us
discuss.
other than the price factor, why would you choose an AMD processor over an intel processor?
note: I'm talking desktop computers , and using the integrated graphics on either of those.
Possibly video power.
AMD tends to work with high end video card builders so that the system works together.
This might be a matter of opinion however, but many gamers like the match up.
If you do things that require a lot of cores but not great single threaded performance such as running a bunch of virtual machines AMD can still be worth it if you don't mind a super hot part running at 200 watts and don't want to spend ungodly amounts on an intel processor.
so AMD is cheaper, and they're better for VM's and chaining graphics ?
as for performance for a blind person, can you really compare AMD's top end card with the Intel i5 highest end or are you comparing apples to oranges then.
The average blind person this won't matter at all.
On a laptop, the intel might run a bit cooler, but if you aren't testing the heat from your machine, it won't matter.
Price, for a blind person is the only factor in the middle range.
AMD systems are going to give you a bit more bang for your dollars.
It's hard to compare them without price coming into the equation. For low to mid end stuff in terms of performance AMD are better value for money but they don't really have anything at the high end that compares well with Intels. A lot of the people that I do builds for would be perfectly fine with AMD parts, but AMD has a bit of a reputation problem so people usually request I use Intel instead regardless of if they need it or not. It's a shame really; there's a market segmant of people who have basic to intermediat computing needs, want to do a small amount of gaming but aren't really into it enough to slap down £100 or so extra on a semi-decent GPU and a lot of the AMD parts would be quite good for them. If they buy prebuilt from a shop that's most likely what they'll get, but if they're at the point where they're thinking of building one or getting me to do it for them they're probably interested enough to read a couple reviews but don't quite have the knowhow to determin if a poticula part will be good enough for them or not.
It's kind of like buying an 80 cel braille display when all you want to do is read texts. Of course it will work & you will have futureproofed yourself a bit to account for a change in needs, but you will have spent way more money than you need to in order to buy a product that forfills the reading of texts requirement.
i'm sittin here thinkin you can get the top of the line 4.0 GHZ A AMD much cheaper than the top of the line Intel processors, and considering that you'd only go that high if you were doing major gaming, over clocking and video editing/rendoring (which i don't ever do), it'd be pointless going I7 on anything.
although to be fair, i'm crazy in that when i do get a computer I keep it running as long as i can. the last two oldest computers i have had running for like 10 years straight with very little to be done to them.
take this laptop now. its kinda slow-ish but its a core Duo at 1.47 GHZ, upgraded the ram to 4GB of DDR2 and 80 gig HDD.
i believe in buying so that you can future proof yourself.
although for me part of it is seeing just how newer OS's does on old hardware. take my desktop p4 at 3.0 GHZ . i want to u install 7 on it and upgrade it to 10 to see how well it works with jaws and the like. its.... yeah. i'm crazy lol.
although i think the power supply is going on that old box. when i had a fresh install of XP on it it kept freezing on me at odd unexpected times and would reboot on ocation.
that system has 3 40 gig HDD's, Asus P4-800E MoBo, 4 GB of DDR 2 ram, SB Live! value card, Ag-Thril 64 external video card.
the on-board video and sound on the MOBo already failed.
one of the HDDs has failed.
the sound card and video card are 15 years old so god knows how long they will last.
thinking if i put anything on it , who knows how long it'll run with the HDD"s being over 9 years old.
ok rambled here but there ya go.