[gameprogrammer] Re: about AMD processors
- From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:30:06 -0500
I've been using AMD CPUs since the 386. In fact, my 386/30 and 486/100
were AMD processors :-). I also use Intel processors. AMD has
consistently provided better performance for the dollar than Intel.
Yeah, there have been times when that wasn't true, but, for most of
the last 17 years it has been true. OTOH, at the very high end Intel
usually has the fastest newest processor, but you pay a huge premium
for them.
I generally look at my budget and buy the highest performance
motherboard available in my price range, and for some reason it
usually comes with an AMD processor.
Just my humble opinion.
Bob Pendleton
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Roger Durañona Vargas<luo_hei@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Games list seems pretty quiet, so I have to get off topic here.
> Im planning to upgrade my system with some multicore CPU, but I cant
> spend more than $150-170 inm a CPU-motherboard combo. I have been looking at
> AMD cpus, and the price seems good. Im a satisfied ATI user since some years
> ago and I would like to know if their CPUs are also good, reliable and
> durable. Im not looking for too many cores, Im more interested in 2-3 cores
> but good perfomance per core, because besides gaming, I do development work
> and some of my tasks would benefit from more powerful cores rather than more
> threads. As example, exporting complex models from blender with an intel
> E4500 takes around 1-2 minutes and brings CPU to 50% (a single core is used).
> Compiling with CodeBlocks+gcc doesnt seems to use more than one core neither.
> Obviously, the ideal CPU would be an i7, but thats too far from reach.
>
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