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slatts
Overlord
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Posted: April 17 2008,02:06 |
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what did i tell ya? i must be Psychic..
AMD and ATI jamming together... before you know it, once the bugs are worked out and fine tuned... you won't be able to beat em... INTEL... get ready for the next future, cause it's comming... 
Get it here.
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wilder
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Posted: April 21 2008,17:10 |
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hmmm, amd and ati was never really behind nvidia and intel in the lower/mid/mainstream market. They are quite competitive, and amd has a better platform (mobo/chipsets/etc).
What they dont have at the moment is the performance crown in either. Intel is still the fastest consumer CPU money can buy; and Nvidia is still the fastest single card consumer GPU money can buy.
In the most part Intel still has more competive CPUs bang/buck ratio & power/watt ratio although just slightly. Intel Q6600 quad cpu is faster than amd phemon quad core cpu, and cost less ($199 for intel, vs $249 for amd 9600), takes less power and generates less heat. So intel's CPU gives you better best bang for the dollar.
The 780G combo with an Athlon or lower-end phemon makes a very good low/mid-end offering for total cost of mobo, cpu, and gpu that delivers a decent enough performance. Yopu can get a 780G mobo and athlon x2 for less than $300 total. The GPU that's included is as good as a radeon 2xxxx HD. Which is going for aboout $150 average. So amd/ati is really aggressively going for the average Joe market. Not quite the extreme gamer.
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wilder
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Posted: April 21 2008,17:13 |
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oh BTW... i hear ya...
this platform makes a kickarse affordable media center PC that blows away intel/nvidia at the $300 price point.
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