Who's processors are better AMD or INTEL?

Question

I am a AMD man myself but I have nothing against Intel Processors. My first build ever was with a Pentium 4 and it worked great. I just think that AMD's run WAY cooler and cost less, and I'd much rather be running a sempron than a celeron for budget purposes(celerons stink). Plus the only reason that Intel processors sell better(if they even do) is because they are so widely advertised. So many people dont even know who AMD is. Let me know what YOU think.

Answer 1

Lately Intel doesn't know what hit em'. AMD is putting out some screaming CPU's. Intel may have been the king for the last 10 years, but I believe AMD is in the drivers seat as of now. Although I think Intel has finally been humbled and have really dropped their prices so I would definately consider using them now. If I had to pick a budget processor right now I would probably take the celeron over the sempron because its now 64 bit and they have become insanely cheap. You can get a 3.2 ghz celeron for under $70! For a performance processor I have to take the Athlon. Whether its an Athlon XP, 64, FX they have all really impressed me with cool temps, overclockability, and better performance for gaming, which I need. AMD has definately been doing some butt kicking.... why else would Intel have to DRAMATICALLY drop their prices????

Answer 2

I have been an AMD fan for years, but the new Intel Conroe is supposed to be better than AMD in performance and use less power so it should run cooler. I believe it will be available tomorrow. AMD will significantly cut the cost of their CPUs the day after Conroe debuts. If the price cuts go the way I expect I plan on using the AMD64 4600 x2 for my new build in the next few weeks.

Answer 3

I agree that the P4s have too much heat but with the new architectures Intel has released they seem to have taken a good stab at reducing both power consumption and heat while increasing performance considerably. According to one review I read they have even managed to increase gaming goodness!
IMHO, over the next 12-18 months the battle to be proclaimed 'The Best' will be won by Intel with a flurry of new releases but AMD will be back in the thick of things by then.
I have to agree with you on the advertising angle. AMD is widely known and respected in the enthusiast community but much of the general public has never heard of them.
I am running 2 P4 machines, a 2 GHz Northwood OCed to 2.3 and a 3 GHz Prescott OCed to 3.1, both running distributed computing projects for folding@home.

Answer 4

They are both equally good. Intel holds a very strong position in terms of reliability and brand. AMD is less costly compared to Intel. Currently Intel has the fastest chip though. You are right about AMDs they do run a lot cooler. Go ahead go with AMD.

Answer 5

I've used nothing but AMD processors for the last 8 years. However, Intel has by far the best deals on processor prices, now that they've reduced their prices.

And now that Intel has the Conroe, the performance, the value, and the heat (lack of it) crown goes back to Intel. So, AMD is going to have to stop raping it's customers, finally.

Answer 6

I have to agree with "alchemist_n_tx" You can give him the vote.

BUT Personally I have always used INTEL.
(your right about the Celeron stinking. It's just a pentium with out the expensive casch memory which makes it cheeper to manfacture, but also slower even for the same rated clock speed.)

AMD had a problem with not being 100% compatible with all programs a while back because they were not 100% compatible with the INTEL architecture, which programs were designed to run on.

Answer 7

I personally don't care which brand I have, as long as the processor has enough power to do what I need to do (namely high end gaming and video editing). The P4's had a slight advantage over the older AMD chips, but with the 64 bit ones I think AMD pulled ahead.

Answer 8

AMD is better for multitasking and gaming imho. They usually run at a cooler tempurature than intel chips which should increase the longevity of its lifespan. So, AMD has better quality on the newer products and technology such as duel core computing.

Answer 9

Hi,
As far as my knowledge, AMD is a good processer for casual computing. But if u r looking for gamming stuff intel is better.
Actully, INTEL supporte graphics in better way then AMD.
Other wise I m agree wid u that AMD pocesser is much faster and its less famous just b'coz of the lack of advert.ising.
INTEL is good for MICROSOFT products.

Answer 10

I agree with you that AMD processors are better that Intel one. But AMD processors get hotter much faster. They cay even burn out.
Intel processors possess great features that make it also better than AMD such as Hyper-Threading technology, Virtualzation technology and others.