Intel's marketing and also a possible why Intel cpus are so popular

[Valentin N]

Hey all

AMD has plenty to cheer about of late. Almost out of the red in its latest fiscal report, the company has surged ahead to become the top seller of discrete GPUs (as of July). The company also is sitting on a pile of cash -- $1.25B USD -- from a settlement with Intel over Intel's alleged attempts to pay cash payouts to OEMs to not use AMD CPUs (and several other alleged anticompetitive actions). With the U.S. Federal Trade Commission promising to keep a watchful eye on Intel, the ball is now in AMD's court to deliver a competitive CPU product.



If this is true then it's no wonder why intel is so popular. Intel's cpu are a better choice when it come to laptops but not when it comes to desktops.

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[MetalShaun]

Intel's cpu are a better choice when it come to laptops but not when it comes to desktops.

They really aren't, its most probably the other way round with the release of AMD fusion branded chips.

 

[Valentin N]

Intel's cpu are a better choice when it come to laptops but not when it comes to desktops.

They really aren't, its most probably the other way round with the release of AMD fusion branded chips.

not for now; Intel is better but that might change. I hope it will change because AMD's are cheap, and also uses less Watt

Why Intel

• Better performance
• Higher Cache Memory in overall
• Intel's cpu (i3 and up) have Cache level 3 compared to AMD's that only have Cache level 2 2MB (correct me with the amount of memory if I am wrong

 

[DC47561]

The Intel i5 chips I have been using have been quite a bit faster than the AMD 6100 (Bulldozer I know!)

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Intel i7 is all I use, and will be for quite some time.
Intel payed for their mistake, lets hope they don't
repeat it

 

[DC47561]

@_CyberGhosT_ - Same here - I7s are brill especially for working with VMWare - video rendering / gaming etc.

 

[McLovin]

This is such an old thread!!

 

[DC47561]

Ikr