The big question, PC users. Which is better? Good ol’ Intel, or bargained-priced AMD?
From experience building PCs, I personally prefer Intel. I currently have an Intel Core 2 Duo in my system. They seem to be more reliable, faster, handle heat better, etc. AMDs seem to be cheaply made. Visit the AMD vs. Intel thread and join in on the discussion. In one post, AMDs actually start smoking in a video!
Do you think that AMD processors are better or Intel processors? Here, we aren’t just talking about performance but quality, performance, price and everything. For me, I would choose AMD because it gives quite decent performance, maybe a little less than Intel but it is enough for normal users. The biggest advantage in AMD processors is that it is cheap, much cheaper when compared to Intel processors of same speed. I got myself 2.6 dual core AMD processor but if I had to go for Intel, I would not get more than 2.2 or 2.4.
And making a comparison of an Intel P4 to an AMD is stupid. It depends on what chip you use. P4’s can range from super low (1.5 GHZ) to super high (3.a lot). It also depends on what other kinds of hardware you have in it. The old AMD’s may have been better than Intel (I personally was always an Intel guy, though at the time, I was biased and didn’t actually know anything). I’ve heard that the old AMD’s were better than the old Intels because they had twice as many data pipelines. I think that a Pentium D probably beats the average AMD core, but anything above that and Intel usually takes the cake. I don’t mind if you get an AMD, because unlike Apple, I don’t think that they overcharge and produce sub-par hardware.