Quote Originally Posted by Dhalmel View Post
OP why did you capitalize chip for?

AMD is alright for budget minded consumers, I was a long time user of AMD till Intel's Nehalem.

AMD's apu are pretty impressive, but at the same while you could just buy an Intel i3 + dedicated gpu for a little more.

It will probably run Reborn fine at conservative settings.
If you do plan to go to Trinity be sure to buy 1866MHZ ram, the graphics performance in AMD's APUs are highly influenced by the memory speed.
The word "CHIP" has a subliminal message encryption. .You will have a sudden urge to buy Doritos and the new "Doritos Taco" from Taco Bell..
But yeah, economically speaking, some people would design their machine around AMD, much considering the details around it. For some who can afford much more would nik-pick at this choice,idk... Usually if you can technology that's up to standard, people are more comfortable going that route.

Price-wise, would there be benefits to going with AMD compared to Intel. I currently build my machine around a Intel chip myself. It's a Duo-core Quad 2.33GHzs. I have 8Gs of RAM and a NVidia GeForce GTS 450... runs FFXIV quite decently.