New Processing CHIP for extreme gaming

[Alhanelem]

I'll wait until somebody I know builds a machine using one. I haven't been impressed with AMD processors (much less Radeon graphics) for a while now.

This is where we disagree, as I have preferred AMD for the last couple generations. Intel hardware is overpriced for what you get, even though they often do bring out the bleeding edge CPU first. AMD gives you a lot more for the money most of the time. I would only choose intel if money was no object and I wanted the bleedingest of bleeding edge.

The only thing Nvdia truly has going for it is the physics processing tech that it has a monopoly on (and the driving software is programmed not to allow it to run at full power on anything other than Nvidia/intel hardware even though it would work just fine on any hardware)

I'm more concerned with them dying after a few months like I hear happens to most of the non-Intel brands.

Samsung makes great SSDs, just as does intel. Samsung makes all the components in theirs themselves, unlike several other makers. Look around on newegg, you'll see the smallest percentages of 1-eggs on their products compared to any other brand. There are many brands that are really unreliable (which is ironic since solid state in most kinds of products means better reliability/durability), Intel and Samsung are both great most of the time- Intel costs a LOT more though.

[Molly_Millions]

This is where we disagree, as I have preferred AMD for the last couple generations. Intel hardware is overpriced for what you get, even though they often do bring out the bleeding edge CPU first. AMD gives you a lot more for the money most of the time. I would only choose intel if money was no object and I wanted the bleedingest of bleeding edge.

That price difference is what drove my choice initially. But around the same time I built that machine, I got a new i5 at work that hauled ass doing fairly simple things compared to my AMD, I reconsidered and built a new gaming rig using an i5 chip. I'm glad I did.

[Alhanelem]

That price difference is what drove my choice initially. But around the same time I built that machine, I got a new i5 at work that hauled ass doing fairly simple things compared to my AMD, I reconsidered and built a new gaming rig using an i5 chip. I'm glad I did.

My Phenom II X4 has yet to fail me. Among other things, runs FFXIV like a charm >.>

[Molly_Millions]

My Phenom II X4 has yet to fail me. Among other things, runs FFXIV like a charm >.>

I'm not doubting that there could have been other issues with my rig hindering performance. Again, this is personal experience, and just one pc compared to another. After fiddling with it for a few months to get better performance with ffxiv, I finally gave in and built a machine that performs much better. But that's why you can't trust anecdotes, test data is a far more accurate indicator. All I'm saying is that my personal experience with AMD has not been good.