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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So the editor asked AI to come up with an image for the title "Gamers desert Intel in droves" and so we get a half-baked pic of a CPU in the desert.

Am I close?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Could be worse.

Could have been "gamers dessert Intel in droves"

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[–] ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Looks like bad photoshop more than AI

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 56 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Intel until they realized that other companies made CPUs, too

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They also bring a "dying transitor problem we don't feel like fixing" to the party, too

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (3 children)

And a constantly changing socket so you have to get a new motherboard every time.

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[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 68 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I've been buying AMD since the K6-2, because AMD almost always had the better price/performance ratio (as opposed to outright top performance) and, almost as importantly, because I liked supporting the underdog.

That means it was folks like me who helped keep AMD in business long enough to catch up with and then pass Intel. You're welcome.

It also means I recently bought my first Intel product in decades, an Arc GPU. Weird that it's the underdog now, LOL.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

AMD almost always had the better price/performance

Except anything Bulldozer-derived, heh. Those were more expensive and less performant than the Phenom II CPUs and Llano APUs.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

To be fair, I upgraded my main desktop directly from a Phenom II X4 840(?) to a Ryzen 1700x without owning any Bulldozer stuff in between.

(I did later buy a couple of used Opteron 6272s, but that's different for multiple reasons.)

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I've been buying since the the Phenom II days with the X3 720. One could easily unlock their 4th core for an easy performance boost. Most of the time it'd work without a hassle.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Wish I knew about that trick back then! I shelled out for an X4...

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[–] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 41 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I switched to AMD because of Intel's chip stability issues. No problems since

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When I updated my wife's computer for Windows 11 I went AMD for that reason as well. They released 2 generations in a row with now well-documented hardware bugs that slowly kill the processors. 13th and 14th gen CPUs simply will have zero resale value if they last long enough to hit the second hand market. I briefly worked at an MSP at the beginning of last year and the amount of gaming computers that came in via noncommercial walk-in customers for stability issues that ultimately turned out to be the Intel CPU bugs was incredible

[–] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I initially got the 13 series, got a 14 series as the warranty replacement. Even with updated bios firmware the 14 series also began suffering from the same instability issues, sooner than the 13. Switched after that because two chips in a row, different generations is not a small mistake. Just happy I didn't have to pay for that 14 series only to see it have the same problem

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[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

So happy I chose to go with AM4 board years ago. Was able to go from Zen+ CPU to X3D CPU.

I remember people said back then people usually don't upgrade their CPU, so its not that much a selling point. But, people didn't upgrade because they couldn't due to constant socket changes on the Intel side.

My fps numbers were very happy after the CPU upgrade, and I didn't have to get a new board and new set of ram.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

Intel and their last couple of processor generations were a failure. AMD, on the other hand, been consistent. Look at all these tiny AMD APUs that can run C2077 on a 35W computer that fits in the palm of a hand? Valve is about to drop a nuclear bomb on nvidia, intel and microslop with Gabecube.

[–] eli@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

I know we shouldn't have brand loyalty, but after the near decade of quad core only CPUs from Intel, I can't help but feel absolute hate towards them as a company.

I had a 3770k until AMD released their Ryzen 1000 series and I immediately jumped over, and within the next generation Intel started releasing 8 core desktop cpus with zero issues.

I haven't bought anything Intel since my 3770k and I don't think I ever will going forward.

[–] somethingold@lemmy.zip 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Just upgraded from an i7-6600k to an RX 7800x3D. Obviously a big upgrade no matter if I went AMD or Intel but I'm loving this new CPU. I had an AMD Athlon XP in the early 2000's that was excellent so I've always had a positive feeling towards AMD.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

AMD has had a history of some pretty stellar chips, imo. The fx series just absolutelty sucked and tarnished their reputation for a long time. My Phenom II x6, though? Whew that thing kicked ass.

[–] foodvacuum@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Intel Pentium D era sucked compared to the Athlon 64 II x2 from what I remember. I had an Athlon 64 3000+ just before the dual core era. Athlon 64 era was great

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[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 days ago

The United States government owns 10% of Intel now.

[–] salacious_coaster@feddit.online 18 points 6 days ago

You can pry my Intel CPU from my cold dead hands...Because I'm never buying a new computer again. I have enough computers already to last until Armageddon.

I have to lower my 12th Gen cpu multiplier to stop constant crashing when playing UE games, because everything is overlooked at the factory so they could keep up with AMD performance. Fuck Intel.

[–] commander@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I bought into AM5 first year with Zen 4. I'm pretty confident Zen 7 will be AM5. There's got to be little chance for DDR6 to be priced well by the end of the decade. Confident that I'll be on AM5 for 10+ years but way better than the Intel desktop I had for 10 years because I will actually have a great update path for my motherboard. AM4 is still relevant. That's getting to almost 10 years now. It'll still be a great platform for years to come. Really if you bought early in the life of first gen chips on the socket for AM4/AM5, you're looking at a 15 year platform. Amazing

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[–] randombullet@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wish AMD has better pcie pass through for the iGPU than Intel. My jellyfin is on Intel because I have hardware encoding support.

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago

Goodbye Intel, goodbye Microsoft, follow steamOS compatibility, to see what the in demand hardware will be.

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