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?
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Could be worse.
Could have been "gamers dessert Intel in droves"
Now I want to see that one. But, I refuse to use online generative AI.
Looks like bad photoshop more than AI
Intel until they realized that other companies made CPUs, too
They also bring a "dying transitor problem we don't feel like fixing" to the party, too
And a constantly changing socket so you have to get a new motherboard every time.
Honestly, not a big deal if you build PC's to last 6-7 years, since you will be targeting a new RAM generation every time.
Upgraded from a 1600 to a 5600, same mobo
If only your CPU becomes a limiting factor at one point you can simply upgrade your CPU to a few generations newer cpu without having to swap out your motherboard. You can't really do that with Intel (AFAIK they switch platforms every 2 CPU generations so depending on your CPU you may not be table to upgrade at all (can happen with AMD too, but not that frequent)
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.
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.
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.
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
Oh yeah I had one of those before my 4790k
I played through mass effect 3 when it was new on a discount AMD laptop with an igpu. Granted it was definitely not on max setting, but it wasn't with everything turned all the way down either.
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.
The United States government owns 10% of Intel now.
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.
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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The last Intel I bought new was the Pentium 4 630. 3.0 Ghz, with hyperthreading. That's thing was a fucking space heater. And I loved it. But everything new since then has been AMD.
That second number....
:: needing to fertilize a tree intensifies::
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