   Intel or AMD
  I would like to know your opinions on "fight" between Intel and AMD. What do mean? Which of them is better.. and why better? I am looking forward to your replies.   
  Both companies' flagship processors have clear advantages in certain areas (as indicated by benchmark scores), so you really ought to buy the processor that best suits your particular needs.   ;  I don't want to buy processor. I only want to see people's opinios on this theme. Oh and please, try to be objectiv :)   ;Quote:Original post by EtnuBoth companies' flagship processors have clear advantages in certain areas (as indicated by benchmark scores), so you really ought to buy the processor that best suits your particular needs.As Etnu says, it depends on what you use it for.Benchmarks;  For the price, AMD makes the fastest, most reliable processors around. That said, if you have money to burn, there are some cases where intel would be more appropriate.   ;  For games AMD can not be matched. So after knowing that, why the fuck would you buy an intel ;)   ;Quote:Original post by RamboBonesFor games AMD can not be matched. So after knowing that, why the fuck would you buy an intel ;)no   ;  Intel's main advantage is hyperthreading. If you're a gamer, since most games only have one thread, it probably won't do you much good. If you're using your computer for other things, though, you might find that useful. For example, when compiling (not sure if MSVC supports this, but GNU Make does) you can compile two source files simultaneously; effectively cutting your build time in half. Okay, in reality it's less than half, but it's still faster.   ;  From a hardware design point of view, I prefer AMD.The P4 sacrifices some performance just to reach higher frequencies, because MHz sells. I mean really, a 31-stage integer pipeline? No wonder the Prescott loses out to both Athlons and P4 Northwood...The AMD's are more well-rounded. Shorter pipeline, bigger cache. :)From a performance point of view, I prefer AMD as well. But that's more to do with what I use my computer for.Intel's are generally amazing at media encoding, and hyperthreading yields a slight advantage in some common tasks.Hyperthreading isn't all that amazing though. It's not two processors, and it doesn't allow you to run two threads simultaneously.It just means that while one thread is wasting time (waiting on memory, or flushing the pipeline or whatever), another can use the execution units. The AMD doesn't really need that, because it wastes less time on pipeline stalls, and in the case of Athlon 64, the integrated memory controller gives lower memory latencies, meaning less time wasted there as well. Hyperthreading really just makes up for some of the P4's worst deficiencies, rather than adding some Intel-only advantage.AMD is faster for games (which is what matters to me), and according to benchmarks, at compiling code as well (which is handy too).Athlon 64's also run a lot cooler than Intel CPU's, which means I can get a quieter system when I get one :)   ;  This may be a dumb question, but can you get laptops with AMDs inside them?   