Re: Advice on system purchase
Am Sonntag, 28. Oktober 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner:
> On 10/28/2012 4:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Sb, 27 oct 12, 22:27:30, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >> Coming from a 2800+ which is a ~60 watt CPU, and given the fact
> >> you'll never make use of more than 2 of those 8 cores, I recommend
> >> a dual core AthlonII X2 @ 3.4GHz. I have the 3GHz model and the
> >> 2nd core is pretty much always idle, with primary core being idle
> >> most of the time as well, as is everyone's.
> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103953
> >
> > Any opinion on a Core i3 (Ivy Bridge)?
>
> I use and promote AMD exclusively. If everyone buys Intel then AMD
> exits the x86 processor business. If/when that happens, Intel has no
> competition and can and will do two detrimental things to the market:
>
> 1. Raise prices with impunity
> 2. Innovate at a lower pace, or stop innovating altogether
>
> If enough people buy AMD then Intel has a strong competitor. This
> keeps the marketplace healthy and keeps Chipzilla from becoming a
> total monopoly WRT x86.
Granted. Thats the political reason.
Still I see nothing in AMD space that can compete with recent Sandybridge
/ Ivybridge processors in terms of computing power versus power
consumption ratio.
But I am happy to learn more.
I think that ARM will become interesting enough to have some competition
going on.
And I think AMD might have something nice to offer as competition to Intel
Atom CPUs.
For powerful laptops and power saving desktops I think Intel
Sandybridge/Ivybridge is best bet currently - except for the political
dimension.
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