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[Firegod]

Lol those chocolates are pretty cool as well.

Just getting my post in now before it's lost in the Intel fanboy comments, which will no doubt swamp this thread. (Some people take things way too serious!)

 

[bhavv]

To dismiss their range as "absolute rubbish" in comparison to those products is a bit ill informed.

Price wise, they offer pretty decent competition.
I believe their Opteron range is not thought of as "rubbish" also.
If you take your eyes off the extreme high end, or how far you can overclock. You'll probably see that they aren't so bad at all.

Still... The whole world is a forum of enthusiasts, with custom builds, who need that little bit more on their 3dmark score, as a result. AMD ARE RIDICULOUS, CAN'T EVEN MAKE CPUS THAT ARE GOOD.

The Valentine's day gift thing is trolling of the highest magnitude by AMD. It can only backfire at some point.

Price / Performance ratio would easily determine that an I5 750 at around £150 makes a much better purchase than any of AMD's current quad core CPUs. Its not even extreme high end, its a mid range CPU that beats everything that AMD have available by a large margin.

I couldnt care less who has the better CPU, my point is that who do AMD think they are producing an ad like this when they have been nothing other than a pure disappointment themselves with everything they released after S939? I cant remember Intel creating any ads like this all these past years when AMD were falling so far behind in the CPU industry.

 

[deusexlumina]

I couldnt care less who has the better CPU, my point is that who do AMD think they are producing an ad like this when they have been nothing other than a pure disappointment themselves with everything they released after S939?

They are intel's competitors, and it was a light-hearted holiday joke.

But if we're going down the corporate mudslinging route; didn't intel recently lose a massive lawsuit that arose due to bad business practise/monopolising? A large fee had to be paid to AMD if i remember correctly...

So intel are hardly little angels.

With regards to performance, im currently sitting on a 1055T recently clocked to 4.0Ghz that i bought for £130. Find me better bang for buck than that and i'll eat my hat.

 

[bhavv]

With regards to performance, im currently sitting on a 1055T recently clocked to 4.0Ghz that i bought for £130. Find me better bang for buck than that and i'll eat my hat.

£20 more for an I5 750 overclocked to the same speed.

 

[Predicament]

how cutting edge of AMD

 

[JonJ678]

AMD need to start doing their talking with benchmark results rather than humerous marketing stunts.

It's easier to think of a valentines day card than a way to spin benchmarks in such a way that their processors don't get thrashed. I suppose dividing performance by cost, and matching Intel up with much more expensive motherboards would be a start.

They aren't the bestest in gamez grafs though, so you no nofing.
AMD are t3h sux0rz.

Emlyn for the win

 

[nitram100]

AMD really have some guts when they've been nothing other than absolute rubbish compared to intel for the last 3 generations of CPUs lol.

Performance isn't everything. My PII build was crazy cheap compared to an Intel build, so for me, AMD spanked Intel with the PII.

 

[spleenharvester]

I bought an Athlon II X4 630 not long ago for £53 new. It whips the ass of any similarly priced Intel CPU, so as such I am content with it. AMD and Intel are both aiming at seperate markets, can't really compare

 

[Gashman]

They aren't the bestest in gamez grafs though, so you no nofing.
AMD are t3h sux0rz.

I once had a Phenom CPU and I cudnt even play SOlitare, soon as I got Intel, evrything worked good.

that is the single most stupid post I have ever read on this forum, bestest? is that even a word? nofing? what the hell are you on about? also don't talk balls, a Phenom will handle the 'mighty' Solitaire as well as any other processor! I hope that post isn't serious, I really do, otherwise Im afraid all hope for you is utterly lost...!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

that is the single most stupid post I have ever read on this forum, bestest? is that even a word? nofing? what the hell are you on about? also don't talk balls, a Phenom will handle the 'mighty' Solitaire as well as any other processor! I hope that post isn't serious, I really do, otherwise Im afraid all hope for you is utterly lost...!

He was being sarcastic - look at his signature!

 

[Gashman]

He was being sarcastic - look at his signature!

thank god for that!

 

[2StepSteve]

lol AMD.. I only hope your benches actually back up the claims otherwise.. EGGFACE.

 

[bhavv]

I bought an Athlon II X4 630 not long ago for £53 new. It whips the ass of any similarly priced Intel CPU, so as such I am content with it. AMD and Intel are both aiming at seperate markets, can't really compare

Yea, thats brilliant value at that price, but I upgraded from an Athlon 4400+ to a C2D E8400, then an I7 920 because I wanted a quadcore.

Everything that AMD have released since the S939 days has been a major dissapointment to me, hence I find this advert completely hypocritical coming from AMD when their last several CPU ranges have been nothing but failures to me. Though I've owned a K6II 450, Athlon 1400 Mhz, Athlon 3500+, Athlon 3000+ (improved stepping upgrade), and Athlon 4400 X2.

I actually paid £325 for my 4400+ way back when those dual cores were super expensive, funny how when AMD were ahead of intel, their flagship CPU architecture cost £100 more than what Intel charge for the lowest I7 CPU.

Everyone gives AMD credit for being so cheap at the moment, yet when they had the upper hand they were far more expensive than Intel currently are.

lol AMD.. I only hope your benches actually back up the claims otherwise.. EGGFACE.

^^ This.

 

[Gashman]

problem is though, so many people are gonna look at it the wrong way again. that if Bulldozer isn't faster than Sandy Bridge its 'fail' even if they are significantly better priced, etc. think we should all look at things much more objectively, though I for one hope its faster since the Evil have controlled the top-end of the market for far far too long!

 

[gcaster]

Amusing card but will no doubt come back to bite them in the backside next time they have problems.

 

[zoomee]

lol - it made me smile - nothing wrong with a nice joke here and there.

Whats makes everyone think it was AMD who made this and not just some fanboy who sent it to some pro-intel dude who then plastered it all over the net? Was this reporter the ONLY one in the world to recieve this? If so I doubt his credibility.

Anyways - technically Intel have screwed up with dodgy launches more than AMD (I can think of 6 times off the top of my head!) so mr bhavv chill

In terms of performance - AMD have mostly been able to compete with Intel - You forgotten about the X6's? I'd much rather have a 1050T than a 750 core i5 - some of us productively use our PC's for more than just gaming you know. Benchies don't mean squat as they are mostly synthetic.

Oh and on top of that - I'd rather give my money to a company who doesn't invest and promote Israel and they're concentration camp efforts - irrespective of who's the winner in the benchmark stakes.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Bhavv, on your point about cost when AMD had the better X2 CPU out at the time... It's all relative.
You're comparing a (at the time) high end CPU to todays lowest end Core i7.
That comparison will be flawed... First of all, it should be done with the X2 3800 of the time, it should also take into account any price drops that have happened on the i7 range whilst it's been out.
Even then, it will be meaningless...

On an enthusiast forum, it's so easy for people to say "AMD Fail again, lol", but are they really failing?
They have some good low-mid range CPUs, their hex core CPUs are great value, the Opteron range is doing well and their new netbook/HTPC CPU lineup is looking pretty promising.

If all you play is benchmarks, then get an Intel CPU. If not, there's a world of options...

 

[mrchristian]

Ha Ha cant help but like that, what a great way to dig at intel!

zoomee:

Oh and on top of that - I'd rather give my money to a company who doesn't invest and promote Israel and they're concentration camp efforts - irrespective of who's the winner in the benchmark stakes.

^ well said sir!