AMD smoothness tested.

[stulid]

AMD gaming experience tested.

http://www.techpowerup.com/159270/M...ter-of-Consumers-with-PC-Processors-Test.html

At the AMD & HardOCP Game Experience event held in Texas, gamers were asked to participate in a blind test. The test involved gaming on two sets of gaming PCs with two PCs each, in each set is an AMD-powered PC, and an Intel-powered one. Participants weren't disclosed which PC was driven by what, as they were assembled in identical-looking cases (no window), with identical monitors and other peripherals. The first set is of budget single-monitor HD gaming, while the second set is high-end three-monitor gaming.

What I do find a little poor is the budget systems tested, comparing the gaming experience of the IGP inside Llano vs Sandybridge system, there really is no contest as I have used Llano and compared it to HD3000 as found in the i5 2500K, the difference was night and day.

System A (Intel Core i3-2105) better: 5 votes
System B (AMD A8-3850) better: 136 votes
No difference: 2 votes

Having used exclusively AMD systems prior to my current Sandybridge setup at home, I cant possibly confirm if this is true or not of proper comparable products such as PhenomII X4 955BE vs Q6600, or just PR at its best. I do remember a few reports about AMD seemingly offering a smoother experience on these forums ages ago.

So does AMD offer a better "gaming" experience than Intel?

Thoughts?

 

[stulid]

I remember people used to put it down to AMDs handling of the memory interface,

Thats what I remember seeing now as a reason why AMD seem "smoother".

 

[stulid]

Have to question the people invited to do the "testing" if 5 votes went to the IGP of the Sandybridge, seriously, you have to be blind to think its better than Llano.

 

[stulid]

Providing the computers are all equal apart from the CPU and motherboard,there could be an way to influence the vote. For instance the first setup to be played could be the Intel one and the last setup to be played was the AMD one. People will have a better memory of the gameplay experience from the last rig and it might preclude them to think the second one was better(even if both were the same in BF3 single player which is most likely).

Ooohh nice thinking. That can and does indeed happen.

 

[stulid]

Why on earth would it preclude them to think the second one was better, instead of worse? What a ridiculous comment

Is it, the last memory/experience is often the most remembered.