AMD or Intel

i agree with most of acidosmosis's post in regards to this being an inconclusive argument. we all have our seperate opinions and that's the bottom line. one processor isn't 100% better than the other but there are noticable differences none the less.

perhaps this was true for the mid-90's but not in 2005. i'm sure soul harvester will have something more specific to contribute.

http://www.intel.com/standards/case/index.htm

Are you kidding me with intel has not brought anything revolutionary to the table. They are into everything from TVs, to webstreaming, to PDAs to the most current one which was a headline on this website

http://www.techspot.com/story17177.html

We have gone over this before with intel but for a change how about you get something revolutionary that AMD has done that intel did not do first and give some links to support what you say

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,52965,00.asp

Microsoft 64 bit OS for Intel's Itanium date Aug 2001, dont think its a coincidence that windows 64 bit version is coming out right when intel released their 64 bit enabled chip. Intel and microsoft are sleeping in the same bed for years. Microsoft is a business and not a "lets see which is a better chip" contest. If you were microsoft would you support the mainstream company or a company that is trying to get a hold of the marketshare. If microsoft gave intel the finger then they would have released a 64 bit version for AMD when AMD64 was released almost two years back but notice how they had the capability to release an OS 64 bit for intel (for people that say they were not ready or still in development).

If you dont believe me go to the official microsoft website just type in intel for search and notice how many microsoft and Intel releases they got and type in amd and see how many they have:

For intel:

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?view=en-us&st=b&na=82&qu=intel

For AMD:

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=amd

As long as intel has control over the marketshare it will be stupidity for microsoft to give intel the finger.

Thats not dual core buddy, its the intel processor with 64 bit extensions just like AMD64 the one that i am talking about above.

I agree with you if you take a marketing class this is one of the most common rules to live by, so are you blaming intel for doing a good job marketing their business or are you blaming AMD for skipping marketing class.
And you are right with everything else on your post except:

I am sure he knows his stuff but i guess he is not updated on the pentium 4 6XX processor.

I am sure he is a good guy. hahhaaha. :wave:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxcorex
AMD has NEVER brought anything revolutionary, because they simply reverse engineer all intels ideas.
perhaps this was true for the mid-90's but not in 2005. i'm sure soul harvester will have something more specific to contribute."


yeah, congrats they came up with a few new instruction sets! lol thats not engineering, its programming. I agree with you, AMD is moving more toward engineering their own things then they were in the mid 90's, but they are still mocking intel. Maybe in 5-10 more years they wont, but i doubt it. With all the new things intel has been cooking up. BringingHeat is on the same page. He actually follows the news.

1) Intel did not pioneer dual-core processors. You are mistaken in this. IBM and Motorala were way ahead of the game in this. Both AMD and Intel laid out roadmaps for dual core processors at essentially the same time, and both are using completely different methods to accomplish this. Read the 8xx whitebook from intel.

2) AMD does not "Reverse engineer all intels ideas.". 3DNow, 3DNow+, PowerNow, CNQ, PAE, and many other technologies were pioneered by AMD. Including, among those listed, AMD64. The only time AMD ever reverse engineered Intel reference was with the x86 3rd and 4th generation, and partly the K5.

3) Microsoft is not "waiting". Microsoft has had an open beta for Windows XP 64 for a long time that was freely downloadable by anyone. AMD is a pioneer and took a great risk with A64. That risk has turned around to be very good for them. AMD, for the first time, was able to out-bid Intel in a market.

And BringinHeat: I was referring to the 8xx line. Don't blast me for a typo. Also, Microsoft has cancelled future support for the Itanium. Guess what, you aren't up to date!

1) Look in the news kid, Intel announced theirs, then 2 months later AMD Announced theirs with basically the same design. This happens for about everything they do. Intel is into just about everything you could think of with microprocessors, AMD is still just doing PCs.

2) All you can name is instruction sets.

3) If you cannot see the relation than its pointless to even speak. Yes they had the Windows XP 64 Beta out for quite sometime, but do you think any consumer is going to dl the beta, specially if there computers contains some valuable data. There are tons of things wrong with the beta BTW. MS has put no effort up until this last quarter to get Win XP 64 done, becuz intel announced theirs. AMD and pioneer cant be in the same sentence, sorry try again. The only thing AMD has pioneered is the last 64bit processor design.

i think it's safe to say we will all know whether this speculation is correct after the smithfield launch and this dual-core athlon we've all heard so much about.

that goes without saying.

1) i did not BLAST you infact i started with

and merely said that you mite not be up to date about the 6XX processor i could have really went to town on that but i chose to remain classy and professional about things.

2) I know microsoft has stopped supporting Itanium2 the link was mainly to show that they had made a 64 bit OS for intel two years before AMD64 came out with.

3) Beta software is called beta software for a reason. Would you say that it is available for the masses just because a few people have it in beta with until recently no programs or drivers to support said software, i dont think so. And if you do come up with something please come up with something and average person can use and not a real tech software that half the population has never heard of. They had issues surfing the net on 64bit edition beta.

4) You say intel didnt come out with anything revolutionary when i gave you all those links not to mention all the other things they have done that have not come through or are still in development and all you had for me was instruction sets and even the AMD 64 they had to have numerous delays before they finally were able to release it.

Please give respect to a company when respect is due. Intel has done far more revolutionary things not only in processors but for technology itself.

I am willing to admit that Amd may have a better chip in the retail market rite now because it is something that they have earned.

Dont let your hate for a company downplay its achievements.If you choose to quote this line PLEASE HAVE LINKS TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER because anyone can come up with things from the top of their heads and not know that it was innovated somewhere else first AND HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN INSTRUCTION SETS we are talking about hardware or technology here and not who is the better programmer.

5) that wasnt A TYPO because:

And your response to his thread

Takes a big man to admit that they did not know, there is so much going on in computers that none of us can keep track of everything.

However if intel had done the above you would have accused them of corporate trickery. :knock:

well said.

Instruction sets are hardware. They are heavy R&D'ed patented hardware.


I never said Intel has done nothing revolutionary. I said in the recent past, they haven't. Because it is true. They have actually gone a step backwards in processor development by doing nothing beyond increasing the P4's pipeline length, resulting in nothing more than a faster clock speed. It isn't until the last year that Intel has gone along with the rest of the pack in that "clock speed doesn't mean that much"


" 1) Look in the news kid, Intel announced theirs, then 2 months later AMD Announced theirs with basically the same design. This happens for about everything they do. Intel is into just about everything you could think of with microprocessors, AMD is still just doing PCs."

Wrong. AMD's dual core specification calls for a far different design than Intel's. It is a unique solution, like both Intel and AMD have. But neither of them are "Revolutionary" here, and Intel is not bringing anything new to the table.

"2) I know microsoft has stopped supporting Itanium2 the link was mainly to show that they had made a 64 bit OS for intel two years before AMD64 came out with."

And SUN has had a 64bit OS for years before this. So what? The Itanium was a horrible processor that was largely unsupported. Microsoft never had a desktop OS for the Itanium, and they never will. The fact Microsoft cancelled it shows alone how much Intel was "innovating". They were reashing old garbage and it bit them back.




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"4) You say intel didnt come out with anything revolutionary when i gave you all those links not to mention all the other things they have done that have not come through or are still in development and all you had for me was instruction sets and even the AMD 64 they had to have numerous delays before they finally were able to release it.

Please give respect to a company when respect is due. Intel has done far more revolutionary things not only in processors but for technology itself.

I am willing to admit that Amd may have a better chip in the retail market rite now because it is something that they have earned.

Dont let your hate for a company downplay its achievements.If you choose to quote this line PLEASE HAVE LINKS TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER because anyone can come up with things from the top of their heads and not know that it was innovated somewhere else first AND HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN INSTRUCTION SETS we are talking about hardware or technology here and not who is the better programmer."



Oh lord.


I do not hate Intel.

I never said I hated Intel.

I have intel processors in my home.

I do not badmouth Intel because of hate.

AMD has the better chip because they have better developed the technology

Intel has the better marketing

I respect both companies equally.

Intel has not done anything noteworthy for nearly four years. When the 8xx hits the market along with a higher-scaled DDR2, I may sing a different tune. But not yet.

And if you honestly believe instruction sets are not noteworthy, you really are out of place and need to learn a little more. Hardware instruction sets ARE the processor. The ALU and FPU are composed of nothing more than predefined arrays of transistors designed to execute a small set of specific instructions. It is this HARDWARE that determines how advanced and how useful a processor is.


Arguing with you is pointless because you defy logic to its face. It is obvious you do not know as much as you think you know.

1)When you asked for revolutionary innovations by intel i gave you among other things USB, PCI, ETHERNET, IEEE 802.11 which are all standards in todays computing world and i asked you to do the same for AMD irregardless of time frame.

You give me 3DNow, 3DNow+, PowerNow, CNQ, PAE. I never said instruction sets are not noteworthy but compared to what i have given to you above you have to admit they are not as revolutionary as you hail them to be.

2)You tell me that Itanium is a horrible processor and no one supports it.

I give you worlds top 500 supercomputers off which 16.8% are itanium 2s and Intel is 63.6% in the systems listed above and 54.7% in performance, the numbers above are valid till June 2005. Here is a link to what i said so you know i am not just coming up with this stuff:

http://www.top500.org/lists/2004/11/charts.php?c=9

3) Twice i have caught you red handed giving out the wrong info:

a)Once when you mistook the 6XX processor for a 8XX processor

b) And then blatantly lying saying that it was a typo on your part when it clearly wasnt.

And twice i have let you slide without personally attacking you or your knowledge of computers thinking you to be a mature professional person who can express their opinions about things without personal attacks.

where as you on the other hand:

I have backed all my information with links that support everything i write whereas you have yet to come up with anything.

I dont want this to get into a personal attack melee here so i am just going to leave this thread and not post on this again feel free to use any personal attacks against me i dont mind taking the higher road.

I for one respect your opinion and your knowledge and i agree with alot of what you say just because we have a difference of opinion about certain things does not mean we should start acting like middle school kids.

Peace see you all around the forum :wave:

Ding 1. Intel did not develop USB. IT was developed by more than one company, and in fact there are actually THREE standards for USB that exist today in new motherboards. As for "ethernet", sorry again, that was not an independant development.

Excuse me? Is this serverspot.com ? We are PC enthusiasts, desktop PC enthusiasts. If you want to argue "OH WOW INTEL HAS SOME OBSCURE SERVER FARM THAT IS FASTER", you're at the wrong board. Itanium is crap. No one here would need an itanium, and itanium for the desktop would be, well, crap.

No, I made a typo. Get over it.

You can do whatever you want, it doesn't make you right. This is not 1999, this is not serverspot.com, and we were never debating the merits of AMD. Bye.

the day Intel smokes AMD hell will be frozen

Intel is a pain and to expensive

I think this thread has gone way beyond the question in the original post.