Author Topic: Intel vs AMD: A logical debate... (Read 821 times)

bloom25 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 28, 2003, 04:10:26 PM »

Intel most definately beats AMD when it comes to manufacturing. AMD only has one fab (Dresden) for all of its CPUs. It also doesn't help that their new Opteron uses SOI wafers, has 940 pins, and a die size of 120mm^2 and AMD still uses 200mm wafers.

OZkansas · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2003, 08:28:51 AM »

Reschke, your current system is more then enough to run AH. Your choise to upgrade it really isn't needed. You are looking at a 3 GHZ CPU by choise now not as a necessity. That is what I was driving at in the first post. You could not upgrade this summer and not miss the upgrade proformance wise. What I want you to understand is that when you upgrade now you will have to live with it for a long time if you want to watch the pennies. So buy to satisfy your wants. Buy what you feel is the best and don't deny yourself that satisfaction. Life is too short to do other wise!

Reschke · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2003, 11:04:34 PM »

While what you said was true in that what I have now is more than adequate to play AH. However with the recent drop in prices on both sides of the CPU fence the time is right to step up and get a significantly faster CPU that will work for another couple of years. As for just playing I don't just play games on this system. I do graphics work for advertising and a myriad of other things with this system other than play games.

Yes I have weighed my options on both sides and I still don't know which way I will head. It all depends on motherboard cost at this point as to which way I will head once I walk into the store. But this thread was not about me to begin with I simply gave a different way of upgrading a system over a span of several months

Willi Winzig · « **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2003, 11:20:01 AM »

darnit!
Du bist ein schlauer Hund!

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