AMD Announcing A-Series, FX-Series in June

[GaMEChld]

A lot of people are passionate on this subject, apparently. The reality of the situation, though, is likely AMD will roll out Bulldozer just in time for it to thwacked on the head by Ivy Bridge and its new transistor design.

Another thing I have never understood is why people say they will buy a product for "support of a company" rather than the merits of the product itself. Remember how many people bought the first generation knowingly defective Phenom in a semi-delusional idea that their money would keep AMD afloat despite AMD posting record losses again and again?

If someone sells gold (Athlon 64 compared to P4) for a few years and then starts selling horse manure (original Phenom compared to Core), why would you buy a brick of s**t for the same price they used to sell gold? Bottom line is you end up smelling about as bad as your logic reeks. A fool and his money are easily parted.

Most people who chose AMD do it for a price/performance advantage more than anything else. If a cheaper AMD platform gives the customer enough performance for their usage, a more robust set of motherboard features, and the savings can be passed on to upgrading other components, it all makes sense.

If I can get a better performing Intel platform for the same price point without losing any functionality, I wouldn't mind buying Intel despite my history of AMD purchases. Not sure what the cheapest Intel board I can get that has SATA III and 8 SATA ports with full speed x16/x16 crossfire support, but I imagine it would be an unattractive price.

But as I stated in an earlier post, MY personal limitation at present is still my video card. If I made a lot of movies and stuff, I'd totally spring for an Intel design.

 

[Guest]

I am happy AMD is in the ball game. Competition means good news for the consumer and that is where I like to win. If it was only Intel on the block...well...I don't think it would be a pretty sight for the pocket book. I am glad AMD is here and I like their products and compared to Intel they are sort of the underdog. It would be a sad day if they ever lost in this on going battle of the chips.

 

[rollyocampo]

With the upcoming release of Llano and Bulldozer, we have a situation

that's as near as we've come to a return to true competition after

quite a long while. We're seeing very different benchmarks now from

say,prior to the 2007 release of Barcelona, AMD's much-hyped but

disappointing first quad-core.

Even if AMD does not succeed right away in moving up to par with Intel

in terms of CPU speed, the advent of the APU through AMD Fusion throws

into the fray a factor that changes the game considerably. Parity

eventually will have to be measured in terms of a mix of CPU power and

graphics speed.

With the term "CPU" now basically redefined, AMD has finally reached

the moment where it can directly leverage graphics ATI's expertise to

counter Intel's manufacturing prowess. Intel, of course, will not take

any of this sitting down although it's not exactly clear how.

Exciting times ahead for us consumers!

 

[ratclifff4]

Why can't AMD use thier 28nm tech on Bulldozer and slam it with 32mb L3 cache? Why do they ony have 6mb on the 1100t? I kinda wonder about them sometimes.

 

[Guest]

I am anxiously waiting to get my hands on a new Bulldozer chip, but I have to say...

If the Bulldozer was as good (or better) as Intel's Sandy Bridge i7 2600K, it would've been released already. Just saying.

And if AMD prices their best FX series 8 core Bulldozer chip anywhere near the i7 2600K I will just buy the 2600K.