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Wanting to upgrade - AMD CPU

nkata said:
x86 refers to the intel processor numbering from way back

processors were

8086
There was a 186 but not used in processor line ups for desktop PC's AFAIK
80286 (286) My first in PC in 1990
80386 (386)
80486 (486) My second PC in 1993

then the 586 became pentium and so on, the 86 suffix was not used.

x86 became used to describe software compatibility as 32 bit, 8086 was 8 bit, 80286 and 386 16 bit if I recall, the advent of PCI and the 486 gave us the first proper 32bit bus

Now X64 just describes the bit width but it is still x86 compatible.

Trust the history lesson made sense.
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It made perfect sense thank you :) ironic huh that I'm running an AMD rig and referred to the OS by the Intel proc number, even if it doesn't mean that anymore I'm gonna take a nice sense of irony in that. :p
 
Nuclear Fusion said:
Well, at least they are doing well in the mid-range GPU market with their HD 7850, which is probably the best choice for that price range, so there is still hope for AMD on the GPU side of things, though that may change with the GTX 660/660 Ti. However the CPU department is evidently not doing well at all. Which is a shame really, because without serious competition in the CPU market, Intel is going to be more likely to charge higher prices and delay launches of new products to sell off more of the old stock- both of which are bad for consumers like us :(
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There must be a reason AMD are slacking though, they are still a huge company at the end of the day. :confused:
 
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