AMD versus Intel

[ulindel]

For upgrading,
Can you tell me if Intel or AMD would be more preferable for FS9
Thank you,            ulindel

[MattNW]

Can't tell without detailed knowledge of what other hardware you intend to use but I've had good performance out of AMD processors in the past. Best thing about them is the price. AMD's tend to run a little cheaper so you can afford more power. Intel however are more suited to certain MBs so you have to take the good with the bad and come to some compromise.

[Jared]

How about you pop on over to the hardware forum a few links down from here and check out all of the other comparison charts?  ;)

[BiggBaddWolf]

It all boils down to personal preference I guess, probably both pretty much the same, but I am using a Pentium IV........

[jordonj]

Performance-wise Intel has the edge...at least in benchmarking (you won't notice the difference in real-world performance).

Intel tends to be $300-$500 dollars more than its equivalent AMD.  So...performance advantage is neglible while $300-$500 bucks is...well...$300-$500 bucks

[Foxtrot Sport]

I'm not much to put an input on this, but i would say AMD, it seems that they reach out for performance on a scale such as fs9.  Intel is geared to the professional aspect of things, and is great while not using games or other applications of this size.  But as everyone says, it does boil down to what the specifications of the computer is.  There could be a horrible AMD and a brand spanking new Intel and clearly it will be much better.  All in all, i say AMD.

-HF

[WebbPA]

Intel tends to be $300-$500 dollars more than its equivalent AMD.

Well, they have to pay for all those Blue Man Group commercials.

[Spidious]

I may be incorrect..
But my understanding is AMD has some speed advantages as far as gaming goes

But Intel has advantages with its Hyper-threading as far as burning Cd's & DVDs

But like I said I might be wrong. I think it has to do something with the way they do the computations...

[jknight8907]

Yes, Intel has HT, but AMD has the only 64-bit processor for PCs. I would go with an AMD-64

[Jared]

Yes, Intel has HT, but AMD has the only 64-bit processor for PCs. I would go with an AMD-64

I second that motion..;-) All in favor?

[TacitBlue]

Maybe you should look up your mother board on the manufacturers website, or look in the manual that came with it (if one did) and see what they recomend.

[Skligmund]

Umm, currently, Intel has the edge on only one type of computing: Mathmatical. Basicly if you want to crunch videos and DVD's then get an Intel. For everything else, AMD.

Check this out, and look att he next 8 pages. This is a very good website for hardware reviews, testing and benchmarks.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041019/athlon64_4000-08.html

[Saitek]

I was always under the impression that AMD were better.. but then I have only had intel (both pentium and it's awful brother the celeron) so I can't say fair and square from personal experience. I was told AMD was better for gaming and was more expensive, - anyway you tend to find it in the higher priced/better quality computers.  ::)

[the_autopilot]

Both CPU's are awesome.

However, for specific tasks, one excels and the other whomps.

For what you want to do, AMD, there is no other when it comes to gaming.

If you interested in multi-media like non-linear video editing or photoshop or video encoding, Intel is your thing.

I have both platforms and can tell you from experience that for gaming, even the intel p4 extreme editions (which go for 1000+) can't compare with a a64 fx-55 which goes for about 800-900 bucks.

However, when I do mpeg encoding, intel excels and even AMD's flagship card a64 fx-55 is beaten by an older Intel p4 3.2E.

As for the 64-bit thing, unless you have XP 64-bit (which is free btw), the 64-bit is totatly useless. Even if you have Xp-64, programs must be actually written to use 64-bit and very few programs exist that are coded for 64-bit. In addition, there's only 1 game out now that even takes advantage of 64-bit and accordng to multiple benchmarks, the performence increase is marginal.

[the_autopilot]

I just realized you said you were upgrading. Thats changes a lot.

What brand are you currently using? Cause thats the brand your stuck with for upgrading, unless you want to upgrade your mobo as well.

And even within the same brand, there are socket differences. So make sure your new CPU matches the same socket number as your old CPU.