POLL: Do you use Intel or AMD?

[thxmanu]

I have gone through 8 Intel systems. I've never owned an AMD system but I've built a few. I stay with Intel only due to the touchy nature of AMDs.

[Dputiger]

Score:

AMD: 4
Intel: 3
Cyrix: 1

[wyvrn]

Intel only cause I love to oc those celerons! Had AMD before and totally trust em, next system probably be a Duron.

[shady]

AMD, last intel owned was Pentium 200Mhz

[loser]

Yeah warthog...i'd have to agree with you...
i have a pIII 450 right now.
if i don't step up to dual processors then my next computer will have an AMD duron, probably.
lata

[fshanda]

I use Intel. I've never had a problem with Intel processors and have no reason to change to AMD.
Fshanda

[desmocat]

2 AMDS-1 duron700, 1-K6-2 550
1 Intel 566 celeron.

[Stan]

My "CPU story":

- 1 Intel Pentium 75
- 1 Intel Pentium 90
- 1 Evergreen 180 (based on AMD CPU)
- 1 Pentium 200
- 1 Pentium 233 MMX
- 2 Pentium II 266
- 1 Pentium II 350
- 1 Celeron 366A
- 1 AMD K6-2 400
- 2 Pentium III 600E

I like Intel...

Stan

[This message has been edited by Stan (edited 12-08-2000).]

[Savant]

I'd have to say AMD, a few of years ago I thought intel, thhat was when the P-II was just out, but since the Athlon line came out It's been AMD. (not that I have one yet, still on K-6² 500MHz for now)

[giant69]

I have no problems with either side. At present, I have a P-III 500@560, 550@733, P133@166. On the AMD side, I have a K62-500, K6-2 350 and a K5-200? All of them do different things for me with no problems. I tend to look more at system stability and daily usage than which company builds them. I will say though, at present, my Intel machines are easier to OC than the AMD's. I guess I need to build an Althon...Steve http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[M1pilot]

AMD....currently running a Duron 650 @ 850, and am setting up another K63/450 with some spare parts lying around to replace my second system. My last Intel was a 233....it was a good chip, but I could'nt justify the cost of upgrading with Intel. It's been AMD ever since.

-M1pilot

[brandon184]

Only Intel.

We own all Pentium 3's and Pentium 4's.

- Brandon

[Cygnus-X1]

AMD
The first comp me and my Wife ever got, about over two years ago was an AMD K6-2 333 MHZ, eventually I got my own: an Athlon 600.
From what I gathered the AMD's are cheaper in price than Intel, but I am not biased toward any of them. But I knew the Athlon was pretty good and it fit my budget! lol
But If I had the money and the next time I upgrade and/or build first computer, chances are it will be an AMD processor. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Richard_Cranium72]

1. INTEL 486-100
2. Pentium 100
3. Pentium 120
4. Pentium 166(SOLD)
5. Evergreen 200
6. AMD K6-2 333
7. AMD K6-2 400
8. AMD K6-2 475
9. AMD K6-2 500
10. Intel Celery 400
11. Intel Celery 533
12 Intel Pentium 3 800

AMD AMD AMD AMD AMD AMD AMD AMD AMD

I like Amd Advanced Micro Devices BEST http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dputiger]

Score:

AMD: 11
Intel: 9
Cyrix: 1

[NDC]

My Home Systems:

Dual Pentium 3 800Mhz @ 897
Pentium 3 450Mhz @ 558Mhz
Pentium 2 450Mhz


My Personal Office Systems

Dual Pentium 3 550Mhz
Intel Pentium 3 650Mhz @ 728Mhz
AMD Athlon 800Mhz
AMD Duron 700Mhz


And of course MAC G3's and G4's. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 12-08-2000).]

[GroundZero3]

I have a celeron right now. Im quite please with it. But my next chip will be an AMD

JaYsin

[darrelld]

Definately AMD, always have always will.
As far as AMD's being touchy or less reliable, thats rubbish. I abuse AMD processors on a regulas basis and have found them to be nothing but rock solid.

[otheos]

Currently:

AMD 3
Intel 2

[nunyadam]

AMD

[NDC]

Intel runs graphics applications noticeably faster than AMD. I've benchmarked two systems with the same config side by side and Intel just blows the socks off AMD on Photoshop, Corel Draw, Go Live, etc.... Anyone know why? It seems that AMD is faster on all other programs except graphic applications.

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 12-08-2000).]

[Dputiger]

NDC--

I can't say I agree or disagree with your numbers--haven't ever seen benchmarks of those particular programs.

However, if you are correct, (and assuming you were comparing modern systems) this lies in how the code for each is optimized. If Intel is pounding AMD in Photoshop, I would tend to think that Photoshop is optimized much more for SSE than 3DNow!

[NDC]

The system specs are as follows for both systems:

AMD Athlon 800Mhz / Intel P3 650 @ 728Mhz

SCSI Ultra 160 10,000RPM / "
768MB RAM PC-100 / "




Hmmmm, yu have a good point there, Dputiger, I know that Photoshop is optimized for MMX extensions, but Corel Draw isn't, but runs faster than AMD.

[randy48]

AMD! But I do have and had have both. AMD is tops though, price and quality.

[Wilan Wong]

I currently use AMD.. my previous was Intel.

[Sharpy]

I have 2 computers and both have always had AMD's in them.

AMD all the way.

[LiLRiceBoi]

had a p2 233 then switched to AMD

Very happy w/ AMD...next comp will be another AMD

about the graphics thing, i htink it because intel has more programs optimized for their processors

[moabtwo]

AMD, was a diehard Intel user, but switched 6 months ago since the performance is equal or better and MUCH cheaper per MHz.

[MiKe85]

All of my computers right now have Intel's in them..Next computer i think i'll be getting for Christmas will probably have AMD..

MiKe

[Dputiger]

Score:

AMD: 23
Intel: 16
Cyrix: 1

How I'm scoring:

Having one type of each system counts one each. More than one of each type, however, does not count at all, unless they are at different locations.

So, one AMD at home, one at work, is two AMD. Two Intel or two AMD at home is one vote.

[foth]

Intel 486-100
AMD K6-233
AMD K62-300
AMD K63-400
AMD K63-400
Intel PIII-600 - Company bought for me
AMD T-bird on wish list (waiting for DDR)

AMD 4+
Intel 2

[CMonster]

NDC "I've benchmarked two systems
with the same config side by side and Intel just blows the socks off AMD on Photoshop, Corel
Draw, Go Live, etc.... Anyone know why?"

Which AMD/motherboard and which Intel/motherboard are we talking about? A K6-2/3 would be no match for an Intel P2/3 class CPU in FPU even at the same clock speed.

If you are talking about an Athlon Vs P3 at the same clock speed one thing that could possibly make the Intel faster is if Photoshop was optimized with SSE. Another thought that comes to mind is BIOS; back when I put together my first SEC Athlon 600 system with a FIC SD11 motherboard - it was slower than a socket7 Pentium 233mhz in benchmarks UNTIL I flashed the latest BIOS - then performance went through the roof.

(4) Athlon class systems in my house -Intel was evicted to my work where I have

(1) Lonely Celeron2 - upon which I am composing this now...

[Dputiger]

Ok, I want to keep this at least somewhat 'watchable' so here's what I'd like to know:

Do you consider yourself primarily an Intel user or an AMD user? Have you changed companies within the last 12 months...and why?

Please keep it relatively brief, so things stay sorta on track. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I'll start.

I use AMD and have for years. I've never had a problem with their technology and it's always been a more comfortable fit for my budget.


SCORE:

AMD 1 Intel 0

[KAknight]

Intel, but my motherboard has a VIA chipset http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Warthog]

I don't know if this counts at all, but I have an Intel PIII now, but will DEFINATELY get an AMD on my next computer.

Warthog

[HmC_RaNgEr]

Had PII 266 13 months ago, now got Athlon 550. Reason - cheaper, and faster than PIII equivalent.

Cheers,
Ranger.

[rowan]

AMD! AMD! AMD!

I've never owned a Pentium desktop, though I haven't ruled them out totally. I'll keep my eye on 'em.

r.

[NDC]

Yeah, I also think it may be the SSE Optimization for Intel CPU's that gives Adobe Photoshop the boost in performance. I'm not certain about Corel Draw, but Corel Draw isn't optimized for SSE, is it?


Intel Pentium 3 650Mhz @ 728Mhz / Soltek EV-1

AMD Athlon 800Mhz / Gigabyte GA-7ZXR

[Steve R Jones]

Currently Cyrix, getting AMD very soon. I love the underdogs.

[doctj]

Amd only: K6 233, k6III-350, and tbird 750 soon(still waiting for hard drive to arrive).My first pc was an AMD because I couldn't afford Intel but I thought they couldn't be bad at the time since they developed MMX instructions. Now as an educated consumer I will NEVER buy Intel.

[Fingers]

Intel P3-500 and Intel P3-600e
I built a K6-2 500 for my sister, but switched back to an Intel P3-866 for a system that I'm currently building for my nieces & nephew's for Christmas. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

INTEL!

Eventually, Intel will reassert it's dominance, I'll ride it out with them until they do.

[radman3d2]

First computer I owned was Intel (486) which I upgraded to the AMD Evergreen 133MHz CPU. The second was an AMD K6 which I upgraded to a K6-2 and then a K6-3+. The third computer is a laptop (Celeron) and the forth computer is an AMD K6-2 which I upgraded to a K6-3. So AMD 3, Intel 1.

[Win_98]

If someone could just give me a dollar, I'll go with Intel instead, im a little short of cash the only reason why i have bought so many AMD CPU but other then that I would say Intel, the ruler of the world! remember microsoft is the ruler of the universe so you see a simalarity there?

[kljucd1]

Hi,
In my last house i had a pentium II 200mhz
at this place i have a piii 500mhz.
Daniel...

[RalphArch]

Cyrix pr 166
Cyrix pr 200
Cyrix MII 3004
Celeron 300a (450)
Celeron 550 (366)
AMD K2 533 (550 or so - who runs these at 97 fsb???)
Duron 650
obviously I try to keep it cheap - or value for the money (Cyrix - Celeron o/c - and now AMD)

[AuraEdge]

Intel 486/33
Intel Pentium MMX 200@233
Intel Pentium II 350@492
Intel Celeron 366@550
Intel Celeron 566@566 (I think that this celeron sparked the change...)
AMD Thunderbird 750@1Ghz.

Im happier with this AMD Thunderbird than any previous system, not only in prerformance, but in stability, price, and have not come by one compatability problem yet.

[RobRich]

Current count of "usable" systems at my house:

Intel = 2
AMD = 2

I tend to prefer AMD systems for the most part. A Duron at 1000+ MHz offers the most price competitive, high-performance system currently available.

Catch ya' later,
Robert Richmond

[AuraEdge]

Remember that Thunderbirds and Celerons at the same speed, about rival ecahother in price....

I wasnt too impressed with the K6-2's (I would take a celeron over a K6-2 anyday), but the Duron/TBirds completely rock the house.

[Paul Hubrich]

1 - Pentium
1 - IDT WinChip II
1 - Celeron
1 - Celeron II

I'll probably go AMD on the next machine I build, due to cost/performance advantage.

[Savant]

kljucd1 Pentium II started at 233...

I even used one the month they came out. (not that I bought one, but a relative did, for doing video editing)

[dreemweaver]

One pentium and one AMD in the house. Ready to pitch the pentium in the lake.

[Dputiger]

AMD: 30
Intel: 25
Cyrix: 2

AMD maintains a narrow lead. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[NDD]

Just like a posted a few moments ago on other forum - Intel looks pathetic vs. AMD.
When you have Thunderbird 1.2 GHz that rocks on a dead body of Pentium 4 1.5 GHz in almost all benchmarks - you have absolutely nothing to say ...
I building entire system almost every week, and since Duron 600 came out in the summer, non of them were Intel based.

My private history :
1. i286 12
2. i386 DX 40
3. i486 DX 33
4. AMD 486 DX4 100
5. Pentium 133
6. Pentium 233 MMX
7. AMD K6-2 350
8. AMD Duron 600
9. AMD T-Bird 750
10. AMD T-Bird 1.1 GHz http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Somebody have to close this topic, coz it the
Afu****MD ALL THE WAY !!!

[prosez]

Yea, ive owned the celeron, k6-2, pIII, 166mmx and now the athlon. I must say that the intel 166 and k6-2 box is stable as hell, and have no problems at all. pIII is a dog, as with the celeron. If i had the extra money i would purchase the MACINTOSH. But i side with the amd for now.

[Dputiger]

AMD: 33
Intel: 29
Cyrix: 2

[jl123]

I used to be an Intel man but now I have become a Cyrix guy. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif j/k

I was kidding about the cyrix part...I've never owned one of those and don't think i ever will. A few months ago I got my duron and was amazed at its performance compared to my Pentium III. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif Now you can call me an AMD guy. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif I saving up those pennies for AMD's upcoming cpus. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel

[[H2O]Tman]

Ive had a P120 for quite along time. Finally bought new comp. 600 athlon on a epox 7k...something or other. GREAT system i love it.Im deffinately a AMD person but that new pent 4 does look interesting. I guess they will have to get the 4 orange-man group http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

Also you guys talk about "flashing the bios" to get better preformance. What is this and how do i do it? I have a Epox 7KXA mobo. Anything i can do to make go a little faster? If not it is no biggie, it runs everything great.

[Worm]

INTEL for my performance counts, AMD when I need something cheap.

[otheos]

Workload spread on:

AMD for the scince,

and

intel for the DTP.

[otheos]

or better put:

AMD for research staff

intel for the undergraduates.



[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 12-10-2000).]

[justy]

AMD all the way.

Two off em at present.

[denhouse]

Currently I have a 400 PII, with 256 Megs RAM. Works fine, but will definately move to the AMD family of processors, probably something along the 800 MHz to 1 Gig speed. AMD seems to have their act together.

[LittleKing]

I currently have a PIII-450 @ 558, but I'm wanting to upgrade soon. I've always liked Intel, but I'm considering AMD. For me it's a tough descision. Both have their good's and bad's.

LK

[Dputiger]

Count:

AMD: 38
Intel: 32
Cyrix: 2

[Mntsnow]

Currently at home

1 AMD T-bird 700
1 Intel p3 800
1 Intel p3 600
1 Intel cel II 533
1 Intel Cel 500
2 Intel Cel 366's

At work nothing but Intel's at this time. as we have a large Dell Contract. (would say about 600 to 650 systems)(p2's and mostly p3's now thru the contact exchanges)

[Mntsnow]

opps...Forgot

1 Mac Quadra
1 Mac Powermac (g3 upgraded)

[Harold7]

Right now... AMD 700 and PIII 600, used to have PII 300, but gave away to friend.
Love AMD chip... just seems faster in graphic applications than PIII. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[voogru]

AMD

I love My athlon 1000!

Intel suks IMHO

-voogru

[Thud]

Celeron 300a @450mhz

Soon I'll be installing my Celly II 566, hoping to get ~850mhz out of it.

I'm stretching the life of my BH6 as much as possible, but if I were to build a new one right now, I'd go AMD!! I'm glad for the competition between the two.

[stylin19]

I'm on my 2nd AMD.

so........AMD

[Win_98]

DPUTiger, Cyrix is dead in the water it doesn't count as a vote. I have a few cyrix around but they are onsolete not to mention they never even released Via Cyrix Chip. I wonder what they doing on a socket370 platform, which of course intel isn't too happy about it and will sue the hell out of them. change those Cyrix vote to AMD, and you'll have AMD as the lead.

[otheos]

Win98

Via has released a few Cyrix chips for the ultra low price PC's. Their latest run at 667Mhz and use the S370 platforma under license. Nobody can sue them.

[Aleph1]

AMD Athlon Classic 600@855. Go AMD Go!

[skai]

Intel P111 450 before that cyrix's I have never had a problem with any of them ,probably cause I don't o/c.skai

[NDD]

Just ordered T-Bird 1.2 GHz, upgrading from 1.1 GHz http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Another one to AMD !!!

[Dputiger]

AMD: 44
Intel: 36
Cyrix: 2

We're actually beginning to get statistical significance here (not quite yet, but soon).

AMD DOES appear to lead Intel in primary usage among Sysopt users. Those of you with multiple computers skew those results, however, which is why I can't give a clear picture.

Still, with 82 samples, AMD leads Intel 10%--a clear margin.

[otheos]

as of today, you can add one more AMD (A900) to my account.

[7Words]

hmm..
i have a 600 Duron, 800 T-Bird, an Old k6 300 (or is it a 200) and i'm building myself another Duron system maybe a 700mhz.

hmmm..

go INTEL! =P

[VladiP]

Hello,

Actually pur PC is used to work with Digital Audio in a Recording Studio and I found really stable our new Athlon 700Mhz instead our old Pentium II for this application.

So AMD!!!!

[sharder8]

I have a K6-2 380MHz (over-clocked to 400Mhz) for the kids and I use an AMD Athlon 800MHz (currently running at 867MHz). I worked for a while on the Intel account at a call center, and would never own an Intel after seeing the inside workings of the company.

[Techie Dude]

Intel PIII@500 now, will look at AMD next time!

[Tekkitan]

I am about to buy an AMD Duron 700mhz and a chrome orb from thermaltake, and o/c that badboy to 1ghz. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/redface.gif)

i love AMD

[Tekkitan]

AMD: 52
Intel: 37
Cyrix: 2

[vvortex1]

AMD is cheap, but I like to stay with Intel because I consider its processors to be more reliable. First of all, AMD processors simply do not work well with commercial Adobe software--- this is largely Adobe's fault, but I cannot tolerate the lockups. I have also had bad luck with AMD and Unices, which is more likely AMD's fault.

Even if AMD has improved recently, I still remember their reputation a few years ago. Processor failure rates before the Athlon were monumental, and the company generally refused to offer replacements for errata as Intel does. Yes, AMD has come far since then, but I'm still a bit skeptical.

[TechGuyInVA]

1) Intel P75 upgraded w/ Evergreen 200 (Retired)
2) Intel P120 (Retired)
3) Intel PII 266
4) AMD K6-2 380@450 (Run Seti@home 24/7 for weeks on end. hehe)
5) AMD Athlon Classic 700
6) AMD Athlon Tbird 800

Next will be AMD Athlon 1.2GHz (salivating already).

[CMonster]

First of all, AMD processors simply do not work well with commercial Adobe software--- this
is largely Adobe's fault, but I cannot tolerate the lockups. I have also had bad luck with AMD
and Unices, which is more likely AMD's fault. Even if AMD has improved recently, I still remember their reputation a few years ago.
..Processor failure rates before the Athlon were monumental, and the company generally refused
to offer replacements for errata as Intel does.

vvortex1

I've used various AMD CPUs for several years and never noticed these things. On how many systems did you do this "Adobe/ AMD Vs Intel" test? By "Unices" do you mean UNIX? And the warranty thing - how many failed processors (under warranty) did you have to send back to AMD - that they refused to replace?

To my knowledge, Intel is the company infamous for refusing to replace their first run of Pentium chips which,BTW, could not do division properly -eventually, and after much public outcry, they did replace them. And wasn't it just recently that Intel had to recall their fastest PIII chip due to stability problems?

I got no problem with either company though - I just prefer AMD.



[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 12-14-2000).]

[Rat]

Intel 133
Cyrix 6X86L-PR200+GP (150mghz)
Intel P2 233MMX
Intel P2 300MMX
AMD K6-2 450

Liked the 133 system the best, it was very stable. Still getting used to the AMD.

Rat...

[torskdoc]

List is SHORT

Intel 486DX/66
AMD 486DX/66
AMD 5x86/P75
AMD K6-2/450

I got a sticker from a friend who has an Amiga 2000. Usual Intel logo with one difference....."INTEL OUTSIDE"!!! This is on my case.

[chaskuss]

I have an AMD K6-2 450 at home and an Intel 133 at the shop. My next computer will be an AMD

[Xentrik]

AMD. Definitely. Were it not for AMD waging a price/technology war, cpu prices would be in the stratosphere, the best would _maybe_ be 500Mhz, and there'd be no such thing as the celery that everyone has fun overclocking. My systems are a (now just over 1 year old) Athlon 500 desktop and a p3-700 laptop. If I had a choice, that'd be an athlon too, but we just can't have everything. The laptop now wears a mid-sized sticker that blatantly states "I Wish I'd been an (Athlon logo)", which I made in Photoshop on the athlon (and have had NO problems with).
Oh, and I can't forget the Apple //e that I just picked up from a junk store.
So that's: AMD:1, Intel: 1/2, Motorola 6502... 1! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Colt357@LA]

current systems:

AMD K6-2 350@450 128MB/30GB(2*15GB RAID 0)
AMD K6-3 400@475 192MB/30GB(2*15GB RAID 0)

the system on Christmas Wishlist:

AMD Duron 750 with new Iwill Ali chipset DDR MB w/256MB DDR PC133/80GB(2*40GB RAID 0)and Geforce MX video card...only 12 more days ^++++++^

[NDD]

Tekkitan :
Be careful not to crush the crystal with this ORB, had a VERY sad experience (my first T-Bird 750 got crushed like this http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif ), more than that, I think those ORBs better fit on Intel chips ...
From what I've seen here in past few days, AMD scoring pretty high now ... good http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[mudoggy]

Gateway P5-166 Pent-166 Intel
MuDoggy http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif K6-2 380 AMD
MuDoggy K6-2 500 AMD


I don't have problems with Adobe software on my AMD, either. I even have a kick-****(sarcasm) Trident based video chip onboard, and I can still run their stuff without problems. Maybe not as fast as everyone else, but run it I can.

[welsh wizard]

Use both, AMD was looking good about 2 to 3 months ago and was starting to overtake the Intel chips in new system I build but over the last 3 weeks Intel have come back strong and seem to be about 3 to 1 in their favour.

WW

[Nuclear_Confusion]

AMD

Always used AMD just cause I couldn't afford the Intel. I have had no performance issues with AMD. I always thought maybe I was missing something by not having an Intel machine. Now, I really don't think I am. AMD all the way!

[Rafael]

AMD by far!!!

My LIST:

i386-16
AMD386-40
Cx486-66
AMD486DX4-120
6x86-P150+
6x86-P166+ @ P200+
Pentium MMX 200 @ 266
Intel Celeron 300A @ 450
Intel Celeron 400 (no overclock)
Intel Celeron 433 @ 541
AMD Athlon 700 (current system)

At the office: 3 Athlons 850, 2 Athlons 900, 6 Pentium III 550, 1 Pentium II 450. But AMD is the way we're moving... 5 P3-500 are going out and 5 Athlons are coming in...

[davidk]

I AM All for AMD
have made two amd systems and they are better than intel bang 4 buck.

BUT could someone please tell me why everyone seems to think that the K6-2s and k6-3s have such bad gaming performance and floating point?
i speak from experience when i say that they DO NOT. quake 3 and UT run just as well on my k6-3 450 with a SAVAGE4 as they do on my friends celeron 400 with voodoo3. notice that a savage4 is reputed to be **** compared to the voodoo3, but it also is not that bad.
I am talking 40-50 fps at 32 bit colour, everything on highest, 1024*768. that is not too bad in my opinion for a supposed slow graphics card and processor. In windows it is very fast with the 2mb cache on the mobo. especially at general applications.
i think i have made my point. AMD are best - but i hope that they still get competition from intel otherwise they might monopolise the market like intel used to do.

[Cryptic I]

History:

Intel P75, P90
Amd : K6-233,K62-266,K62-333,k62-450,K62-550
Anthlon 850, Anthlon 1 gig.

AMD AMD AMD AMD !!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can argue spec's till you are blue in the face under many different configurations but it still comes out AMD !!!!! Even on the most biased review I have seen Intel has been no more than 5-7% higher performance on the same clock speed @ double the price.

DO THE MATH: AMD AMD AMD !!!!!!!


PS: Those Intel biased reviews are wrong !!!!!


[This message has been edited by Cryptic I (edited 12-14-2000).]

[Bob The Great]

I'm mister 100! Yippie!

My PC's have always been Intell's. I'm thinking of changing my current PC to a Duron. Then taking my P-3 & mobo. To make a LAN computer.

[DemonKnight]

Currently i have a Cyrix 6x86-PR233MX I truely think if the rest of mystem wasent **** it would be more stable than it is now. I'm going to be building an AMD based system and even though i've never owned an intel chip for some reason I've just always been turned from intel. I'm the type of person who prefers the companies and stuff one else likes or has even heard of. (except for AMD now since they rock.)

[aldeureaux]

AMD

[AMD kicks]

I use a Duron 700(factory unlocked). Intel is good but they are scam artists, all these time they've been giving us increases of only 33mhz while charging us a arm and leg for it. AMD gives 50mhz increments and are still cheaper.

[regrob]

intel 433 celeron,next stop 1.3 p4

[PickledOnion]

Intel for me!

The only problems I have ever encountered building systems has been with AMD

PO

[lptech]

AMD of course, they have proven to me time and time again that by not rushing things out the door, they have been able to market good CPU(s) that are not only compatible with all PC software and operating systems that are available out there, but are priced to be affordable!

I personally built and used the following systems through the past few years:

(1)Intel 486DX-50 system
(4)AMD 5x86-133 (486 running at 133Mhz) systems
(2)Intel Pentium 200MHz systems
(2)Intel Pentium 233MHz systems
(2)AMD K6-300MHz systems
(2)AMD K6-2/300MHz systems
(2)AMD K6-2/450MHz systems
(2)AMD K6-3/450MHz systems

Been very happy with the way all of the AMD systems performed! The Intel systems did have their glitches, had intermittent lockup problems sometimes! So, in summary, AMD is #1 in my book as far as performance and value is concerned! The Intel diehards can say what they want but they'll never convince me otherwise!

[NDD]

Got tonight my brand new AMD Thunderbird 1.2 GHz !
This is the first post typed on this baby, surprisingly, feel no performance boost (upgraded from 1.1 GHz just for fun http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif )
And just like I said before :

A M D A L L T H E W A Y ! ! !

[Ultima]

Well, let's see.

@ home I got:

Duron 750Mhz
K6-2 @ 540Mhz
Amd 486dx2 66Mhz
Intel 486dx2 66Mhz

@ work I got at my disposel:

1.2Ghz Thunderbird
1.2Ghz Thunderbird
1Ghz Thunderbird
1Ghz Thunderbird
933Mhz Coppermine
866Mhz Coppermine
400Mhz Celeron
350Mhz Pentium II

So I guess it kinda weighs up to each other, tho at home I tend to favorize AMD. LOL

Pim

[netsurfer]

Intel
-----
P90
P266mmx (laptop processor)
Celeron 300A->450
P2-450

[shadow]

-PII350, like it just fine. Semi-stable but I use Win98, what can one expect.

-P166mmx@188/75fsb, works great, very stable with Win95b, the most stable Win OS short of NT4

-AMD K6/2-500@450 in a PC-Chips mobo,
1 - 64MB DIMM, 2 - 16MB SIMMs.
Very stable, triple boot with NTServer4, NTWorkStation4, Win98SE. NTFS, FAT16, FAT32

Gotta luv the AMD for allowing me to run at 450@75fsb thanks to their 2x = 6x multiplier deal. This in a mobo that tops out at 233 with Intel.
A darn fine $90 upgrade http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by shadow (edited 12-18-2000).]

[RataToo]

Amd...hi everyone, sorry i haven't posted much lately, new g/f workin out a taad too well hehe

[krusty the klown]

Intel P90 @ 120
AMD K6 300

The upgrade path at the time favoured Slot1, as this had far more predicted life than SS7, so it was the good ol' celery OC.

Not wishing to dispose of a perfectly good mobo, the next and current step was P3 550E @ 825. At the time, genuine 800 MHz P3's weren't even available, so it was 'bang-for-buck-tastic' http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

The next upgrade will require a new mobo, so it will depend on what's available at the time http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dputiger]

New Count:

AMD: 67
Intel: 43
Cyrix: 3

[TweakerXP]

INTEL ...all the way!! Had an AMD and had lots of problems with it. Got a Celeron 400, never had another problem!! Currently looking at AMD for my wifes computer she wants for Christmas.

[RLT65]

sys1: Intel celeron 488 o/c'ed
sys2: AMD 486DX4-120
sys3: Cyrix MII 300

I like all, the 486DX4 is slow, but does the job. The cyrix 300 chip was only $15 from a friend & works great! Soon the celeron will go to my sister & I will get an AMD Duron. I feel AMD is superior.

[BDAWBTP]

Currently running on a K6-2 500,

ANXIOUSLY awaiting my Duron 700

Don't know much about the technical side of the issue, I just know that I can afford an AMD. But I am learning more and more every day from this site. Before long I will become an overclocking junkie like the rest of you.
Bill

[BC]

I had a celeron 500 about 1 week ago. Upgraded to a Duron 700 now I am selling the 700 and getting a 1gig chip. I can not afford the P4-3 1gig. I guess my new fast cdr is going to have to wait. hehe

[BC]

I had a celeron 500 about 1 week ago. Upgraded to a Duron 700 now I am selling the 700 and getting a 1gig chip. I can not afford the P4-3 1gig. I guess my new fast cdr is going to have to wait. hehe

[RLT65]

BC, is the 700 too slow? I was going to go to it myself. I have a sloweron 433. Is the 700 not worth it?

[ablang]

I am currently an Intel P133 user. Wanted to be a AMD user, but local stores didn't have any AMD CPUs in stock when I needed a CPU for my new computer that I was putting together.

[[Neo770]]

I have only had Intel CPU's

486 33
486 66
P 166
P MMX 200
P MMX 233
Celery 300
P2 300
P3 600EB

[rock8785]

I am currently using A PII 400.

[Mulgie]

I've had over the years:

AMD 386DX25, Intel DX/33, AMD DX/40, Intel DX2/66, AMD 586/133, Intel P75 ,Intel P90,
Intel P150, AMD K6/200, AMD K6-2/300 and an AMD K6-III/400. I now own an AMD Duron 600 and love it to bits! (Gonna replace it with a 1GHz T-Bird come pay-day though! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

In work we've just ordered the bits for 2 950MHz T-Birds to replace our aging K6/2s so I'll be building them up next week. I'm AMD all the way! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[bill28099]

I have owned the following the last few years.

AMD 486DX2@80mhz
AMD 586@133mhz
Cyrix P150
Cyrix 233MX
Cyrix MII@PR300/PR333/PR400
AMD K6@200mhz
AMD K6-II@266/400/450/550
AMD Thunderbird@750mhz

[bill28099]

I have owned the following the last few years.

AMD 486DX2@80mhz
AMD 586@133mhz
Cyrix P150
Cyrix 233MX
Cyrix MII@PR300/PR333/PR400
AMD K6@200mhz
AMD K6-II@266/400/450/550
AMD Thunderbird@750mhz

[bill28099]

I have owned the following the last few years.

AMD 486DX2@80mhz
AMD 586@133mhz
Cyrix P150
Cyrix 233MX
Cyrix MII@PR300/PR333/PR400
AMD K6@200mhz
AMD K6-II@266/400/450/550
AMD Thunderbird@750mhz