(05-09-2010, 04:32 PM)GundamQuatro Wrote: WOOOOW!!!! never seen such a long thread with such long replies in, made of only 2 persons or 3. just wow
also, the guy made up his mind, he's getting the 955. why are you still doing amd vs intel wars?it's gonna be endless!
you don't wanna end up like this do you????
175 pages of intel vs amd wars! holly $h1t
That point is moot and juvenile. There is no 'better' one except in maybe terms of raw performance if you go in the $1000+ price range. Both amd and intel make excellent processors for gaming and normal use.
In fact, I also picked a phenom II x4 for my htpc because it offered similar performance for various tasks such as bluray playback and h.264 decompressing as intel, but for a much lower price point and cheaper mobo.
The vast majority of zealous 'fanboys' are kids who got a present PC from their parents and feel like they have been sent on a holy crusade to stamp all disbelievers that come in their way (people with intel/amd cpu).
It's just like the 'console wars'. The loudest people are those deranged loonies who simply can't afford all three and keep insulting the other ones for no rational reason. Brand loyalty is just a disease. You should always pick whatever is the most efficient at the time.