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AMD V INTEL Debate boring?
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The thread got closed because it had veered off topic and the same points were being repeated. If you find the debate boring then don't take part, nobody's forcing you to.
As for a refresh, I've seen another forum start discussing the next generation of Bulldozer/Sandy Bridge, which is quite interesting as you get to watch it unfold as it happens.
As for a refresh, I've seen another forum start discussing the next generation of Bulldozer/Sandy Bridge, which is quite interesting as you get to watch it unfold as it happens.
Link? Sounds quite nice to read.
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Well it is technically a competitor, but if you google "*** SandyBridge VS Bulldozer ***" then it was the forth result for me.
No matter what the fanbois will never budge from there own point of view and it will just turn into a slagging match or veer off topic dramatically.
A bulldozer v's sandybridge debate would be interesting though as its mostly based on rumour and conjecture untill all is finnaly revealed
A bulldozer v's sandybridge debate would be interesting though as its mostly based on rumour and conjecture untill all is finnaly revealed
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I can see SB being better than BD personally.
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a debate can only be held by people prepared to listen and have their own opinions challenged.
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It gets boring when people ignore replies, post an over 9000 word essay as a reply (which no one can be bothered to read), won't bother to read peoples posts. It doesn't help that both owners tend to go OTT with the differences, and any logical points of view really go out the window pretty quickly.
Honestly, at the end of the day it's a cpu!
Honestly, at the end of the day it's a cpu!
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If BD flops, I can see me jumping ship lol.
If the BD chips are good they migth see a lot of them sold, there was a thread on here about Intel locking the mainstream SB chips so they couldn't be overclocked!
Could make some difference, but as far as high end goes i've got my £ behind SB.
Could make some difference, but as far as high end goes i've got my £ behind SB.
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It wasn't locking them, it was that all of it is linked. So no implementation of the architecture could be overclocked.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/07/22/intel-to-limit-sandy-bridge-overclocking/1
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I will be glad when ES chips start popping up so we know one way or the other, also the same applies to BD so we can gague the degree of compatability with AM3.
I personally think they are a waste of time because people with either cpu are rarely going to say "oh i bought this one and it is useless" so all you usually end up with is people defending whatever purchase they have made. If people are looking to buy a cpu anytime soon they will do the reseaerch on their own and come to a conclusion themselves about what is best for them.
but if people wanna get information like that, they could just go to review sites.I think there should just be Review and benchmark threads comparing the two that's it. Maybe a dedicated thread which has a table showing fastest to slowest but also a best bang for buck table
Given that they are the only two types of CPUs left in consumer machines at all (bar maybe via mini itx solutions) then I don't see what else a cpu forum has to discuss ?
Or you can compare between specific models (this normally happens too, and is arguably more useful) but there are a few architectural/ approach differences between the two manufacturers.
As for buying advice at a given price point things get thrashed out pretty well. By the end of a thread, you're left with 2 or 3 cpus of similar price which, if we're honest, would probably be indistinguishable side by side in use.
Or you can compare between specific models (this normally happens too, and is arguably more useful) but there are a few architectural/ approach differences between the two manufacturers.
As for buying advice at a given price point things get thrashed out pretty well. By the end of a thread, you're left with 2 or 3 cpus of similar price which, if we're honest, would probably be indistinguishable side by side in use.
