- Dec 31, 2007
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I have built 2 systems this year. One AMD T-bird for myself and one Intel PIII for my partner.
In all the arguements for Intel vs AMD processors, people forget the chipsets. The only chipset for the AMD T-bird right now is from Via and it has not been stable for me. At first it was crashing at least once a day. However, since price and speed were more important to me than stability, I still think I made the the right choice for my system--now that I have been able to fix most of the problems.
Building a system for my partner, though, was another matter. He mostly uses his computer to run Office and surf the web. As for games, he still thinks solitare is great. As for his computer skill, I felt a surge of pride when he installed AOL all by himself. Stability was the most important issue for him. Price was second and speed was not even in the picture. I therefore chose an Intel system with the i815 chipset [CUSL2 motherboard] with a PIII 733EB. He thinks it is a rocket and it has not crashed on him once since I built and set it up for him about a month ago. One big plus for me was that WinMe already had the latest drivers for the i815. This says something about Intel. I have had to update my Via drivers 3 times now.
I am not an Intel lover! I think the AMD T-bird is the best thing out there. The P4 is pure marketing hype. The problem is, though, AMD's processors are handicaped by inadequate and unstable chipsets. If AMD can get a fast and reliable chipset to go with it's fast and reliable processors, it would definitely increase its market share.
I would not have considered building my partner's system as an Intel system if AMD had a reliable chipset for its processors.
James
In all the arguements for Intel vs AMD processors, people forget the chipsets. The only chipset for the AMD T-bird right now is from Via and it has not been stable for me. At first it was crashing at least once a day. However, since price and speed were more important to me than stability, I still think I made the the right choice for my system--now that I have been able to fix most of the problems.
Building a system for my partner, though, was another matter. He mostly uses his computer to run Office and surf the web. As for games, he still thinks solitare is great. As for his computer skill, I felt a surge of pride when he installed AOL all by himself. Stability was the most important issue for him. Price was second and speed was not even in the picture. I therefore chose an Intel system with the i815 chipset [CUSL2 motherboard] with a PIII 733EB. He thinks it is a rocket and it has not crashed on him once since I built and set it up for him about a month ago. One big plus for me was that WinMe already had the latest drivers for the i815. This says something about Intel. I have had to update my Via drivers 3 times now.
I am not an Intel lover! I think the AMD T-bird is the best thing out there. The P4 is pure marketing hype. The problem is, though, AMD's processors are handicaped by inadequate and unstable chipsets. If AMD can get a fast and reliable chipset to go with it's fast and reliable processors, it would definitely increase its market share.
I would not have considered building my partner's system as an Intel system if AMD had a reliable chipset for its processors.
James
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