On 06/07/10 16:44, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 06/07/10 16:25, Barry Drake wrote: >> ECS AM3 GeForce 6100PM-M2 > > Any reason you are specifically going for AMD? > > Just FYI, from what I've read over the past couple of years, currently > you will still get more bang-per-pound-spent going with intel processors > (ever since the "Core" architecture basically) and they use less power > than comparable AMD chips too. > > Although it should also be said, opinion in the press is that AMD may > very well take back the mantle later this year/early next when AMD > release a new hybrid processor range integrated with high performance > ATi GPU (a SoC in reality), but this is a way off yet and early ones > will undoubtedly be quite pricey. > > HTH > > Al >
From what I've been reading, if you're looking for performance on a budget then AMD is still king. For instance the Core i7 as nice as it is, is still more expensive than the top of the range Phenom II X6. I gather though that for ultimate performance where money is no object then Intel is still ahead. Personally I've got a mixture of AMD and Intel desktop kit. If I wanted to upgrade my Intel kit to anything faster I'd be limited as far as a Core 2 Quad without replacing the motherboard, memory and CPU (so my next upgrade step would be something like the Core i3 or Core i5 with DDR3 memory). If I upgrade the AMD kit then I just need to drop in a new CPU, I can keep the existing board and memory. Granted, if you've got an AM2 (not AM2+) or older board then you're going to need a new board anyway but even then I'd say the AMD budget choice has a better upgrade path than the Intel Socket 775 going on the fact that the AM2+ boards can take up to a Phenom II X6 and the Intel Socket 775 boards are limited to Core 2 Quad (the cheapest Intel Socket 1156 board is around £65 compared to around £42 ish for an AMD AM3 motherboard). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
