# Something for the AMD fanboys **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 14, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563 "2006-07-14T05:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/1 "2006-07-14T05:57:21Z")
> [@pervisanathema](#): > > For Intel just raped the mighty FX-62 with a $316 chip that can hit 4.0GHz on air. :eek3::eek3::eek3::eek3: > > [http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795](http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795) > > Intel’s Core 2 Extreme X6800 didn’t lose a single benchmark in our comparison; **not a single one**. In many cases, the $183 Core 2 Duo E6300 actually outperformed Intel’s previous champ: the Pentium Extreme Edition 965. In one day, Intel has made its entire Pentium D lineup of processors obsolete. Intel’s Core 2 processors offer the sort of next-generation micro-architecture performance leap that we honestly haven’t seen from Intel since the introduction of the P6. :lolham: ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/2 "2006-07-14T10:36:57Z")
Nifty ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/3 "2006-07-14T10:39:04Z")
:tup: Intel from day 1 ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/4 "2006-07-14T10:50:53Z")
Thank god I didn’t buy a computer last week ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/5 "2006-07-14T10:53:04Z")
[only a month late](http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/) really really good read ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/6 "2006-07-14T11:02:15Z")
ok so then what happens when AMD comes out with its new chip?, same thing visious cycle. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/7 "2006-07-14T11:03:35Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > ok so then what happens when AMD comes out with its new chip?, same thing visious cycle. More than 6 months out… Q1-Q2 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/8 "2006-07-14T11:03:45Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > ok so then what happens when AMD comes out with its new chip?, same thing visious cycle. You buy it. And then Intel comes out with their next one, and I buy that. And then AMD beats it, and the AMD people upgrade to that. Hence the reason I don’t really argue these things. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/9 "2006-07-14T11:06:01Z")
yeah, ill stick with my AMD tho, its still fast as shit. ---
**Author:** ![tnick24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tnick24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tnick24)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/10 "2006-07-14T11:18:13Z")
yeah, because ill EVER spend 1G on a processor :roll: ---
**Author:** ![taurusho](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/taurusho/32/7184_2.png) [@taurusho](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/taurusho)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/11 "2006-07-14T11:30:19Z")
I can’t wait until the price drops on the 24th occur and I builds me a Dual Core AMD. AMD \> Intel 30-0. GG. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/12 "2006-07-14T11:41:08Z")
As for the AMD Athlon 64 FX-62, all of our testing shows that it does trail the two new Intel CPUs in gameplay performance. So, if you wanted to point one out as being a “winner” then for sure it is the new Intel Core 2 X6800 and E6700. But, if you look at the amount of difference between the AMD and Intel CPUs, you will see that it isn’t enough to amount to anything. The only game that we saw any real-world difference in was Oblivion, and even that was tiny. A little overclocking would clear that difference up. Overall, the performance difference isn’t enough to amount to any gameplay experience differences in these games. One thing is certain: these are very fast platforms and they all provided a very enjoyable high-end gaming experience in every game. If you have a higher-end AMD Athlon 64 system platform right now though, there really isn’t any need to go scrambling to Intel Core 2 at this particular time for gaming. I’d wait it out and see what the future brings. blah blah blah intel, still not a huge difference so ill stick with my AMD ohh yeah real world gaming \> synthetic benchmarks ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/13 "2006-07-14T18:15:45Z")
The true winner in the battle of AMD vs. Intel is _US_… because the competition between the two companies drives them to develop newer, faster processors almost as fast as Microsoft can bog them down with bloatware… ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/14 "2006-07-14T19:14:09Z")
i got a gateway with an AMD 64 athlon. i dont like it. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/15 "2006-07-14T19:22:39Z")
Good, can I have it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/16 "2006-07-14T19:55:32Z")
I really wish I could have wated to buy a core 2 duo ☹ Oh well. Dual cores really are a terrific idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-for-the-amd-fanboys/14563/17 "2006-07-14T20:18:15Z")
> [@taurusho](#): > > I can’t wait until the price drops on the 24th occur and I builds me a Dual Core AMD. > > AMD \> Intel 30-0. > > GG. Uh, yeah… :ham: