Intel or AMD? Nvidia or ATI?

[NotMyRealAccoun]

In your opinion which one is better for each question? I prefer Intel and Nvidia. I would say that they make the greatest products, because ATI and AMD create any shit just to be "on the top", while Intel and Nvidia make better quality products by letting them release their products and create one better.

 

[ScottJC]

My system is the exact opposite, Intel and ATI combo and it is more than brilliant enough for me. i'd be happy with any combo as long as it works fast enough though.

 

[Agozer]

AMD over Intel. I won't start speculating which one is better, ATI or nVIDIA. Both are equally good and equally bad in certain things.

I have to had it to ATI though that their drivers have improved tremendously over the years.

 

[smcd]

If I were to build a machine /right now/ I'd likely go with AMD, using an AMD64. As for the video, it'd be nvidia. Why? Because their drivers have always seemed more stable and their support for linux is a lot better.

 

[Clements]

For my purposes, they are all good.

 

[revl8er]

I prefer using AMD over Intel, and I prefer Nvidia gfx cards.

 

[Blacklord]

I prefer intel and Nvidia. People usually go for AMD since the performance is almost the same and come a lot cheaper. Usually when u buy a AMD the first thing you think about is overclocking it. But AMD has got this reputation quite recently so i still don't trust them.

 

[Doomulation]

The best end user processor out there right now, is the athlon 64. So amd is the winner for now.
My preference is AMD and nVidia. AMD any day, since they are a lot cheaper than intel and nvidia, well... I never really have used ATI, and I know nVidias cards better, that's all.

 

[The_Z]

I'd love to get an AMD anthlon 64. I also prefer nvidia over ati.

 

[Blacklord]

Yeah but intel is the mother of the xeon and ittanium so

 

[arnalion]

I would go for an Amd... why?

1. Better performance
2. Cheaper
3. Cooler

Amd Opteron kicks Intel Xeon in almost every test.

nVIDIA vs ATi? Well is will be more interesting in the future bacause they have gone diffrent ways now (X1900 vs 7900).

X1900XTX
Pixel pipelines: 16
Vertex pipelines: 6
Pixelshading shading units: 48

7900GTX
Pixel pipelines: 32
Vertex pipelines: 10?
Pixel shading units: 32

 

[Clements]

I would go for Intel (Pentium-M) in a laptop. Better performance per watt under load than current Turion processors, so I can play Perfect Dark for hours on the train. Saying that, I would never buy a Netburst chip.

 

[arnalion]

Yea Pentium-M is a great processor, based on Pentium III

 

[Knuckles]

My side is combo AMD + nvidia. It's my choice 'cause I love the performance for gaming with those. I took the different with my friend's PC and mine kicks his (similar specs). I also prefer the way nv drivers are built along with the compatibility/stability and I also love the settings control panel not like ATi messed one


on a side note, Intel seems to be now ditching the PCs (just like if they lost the battle). If you saw their recent MAC ad(it's the main part of the ad):

Intel processors were confined on doing boring tasks on boring PCs, now, it will unlesh it's power inside a mac. Imagine all the possibilities.

I won't add my personal comments on this tho.

 

[PrineOfPersia]

In my opinion Intel Processors are more userfriendly, they don't suck up as fast as AMD Processors, and NVidia and ATI are not very differently but my favourite Grakas are ATI Radeon X800XT PCIe and NVIDIA GForce 7800GTX PCIe!

greetz
PrineOfPersia

 

[Knuckles]

"they don't suck up as fast "

please define.

 

[arnalion]

I'm also a little ???

 

[Dysprosium]

"they don't suck up as fast "

please define.

I think he means they aren't outdated as fast, but I haven't kept records on Intel's processor development.

At the moment, my combo is an Intel processor (Pentium 4, 2.66GHz), as well as a GeForce 6600GT, and they're both doing me well for what I want them to. Could use another stick of RAM though, but that's besides the point.

I haven't really had much experience with AMD processors, although I would have loved to change over to one ages ago. The price of a new motherboard and the processor itself turned me away from that. Looking at an AMD processor and an ATI graphics chip in a future laptop instead. (Integrated Intel make Chris go hulksmash. nVidia isn't large for laptops here, either.)

 

[smcd]

I never really have used ATI, and I know nVidias cards better, that's all.

Hard to argue this considering you've not experienced both sides of the coin. =-\

 

[Clements]

I've had no issues with ATi. They are on equal terms with NVIDIA as far as I'm concerned.