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Question by Michael G: AMD computers? I told my friend about an AMD computer I was interested in buying, and he said they are bad, or at least not that great. How so? The specs looked impressive, so what does AMD mean and how does it make computers "better" or "worse"? Best answer for AMD computers?:

Answer by No Name
i only use amd, currently on an x2 chip, works great.

Answer by EVOX
AMD is the company that makes the processor in the computer (Intel is the other company that also makes processors)... some people like AMD... some people like Intel... others don't really care as long as it doesn't what they want them to do... most likely your friend is an Intel fanboy and he's trying to live vicariously through you and trying to convince you to NOT buy an AMD... if you like the AMD, and the the specs please you, and the price is right... go for it... I own both... I like my AMD... and I like my Intel

Answer by seatech1
AMD means Advanced Micro Devices. They are a processor manufacturer who is in direct competition with Intel, who makes Pentium. Their products are equally as good as Intel's. You just have to look at the specs. Just like Ford and Chevy (or whatever) there are fans of each product. So you'll get opinions about them that are often based on personal feelings rather than facts. Recently, AMD has tested to be even a little faster than Intel in many of their equivalent products. AMD is usually a little cheaper. The two manufacturers use a slightly different approach to cpu manufacture and design. So one may be better for gaming while another is better for networking or business applications. But with faster processor and memory speeds, these differences are rarely noticed anywhere but at the outside limits of a product's abilities. So better or worse is based on specs, and if they're equal, they are pretty equal. Beyond that, it's a matter of preference and application.

Answer by John W
I have used AMD cpu's for years, ever since the 286, back in the 1990's. NEVER had any problems whatsoever. They can be overclocked easily and they can operate at higher temperatures. Many gamers prefer them over Intel. Thay are also significantly cheaper too.

Answer by titokhan
as a semi AMD fanboy (all my self built systems over the last decade have been AMD based), I'd say your friend is either loyal to Intel and bashes AMD simply because it isnt an Intel, or got a AMD based system built by compaq or something that crashed on him badly.. the main problem AMD's have had over the years is heat (note, I have never had a heat issue with any of my AMD's..even after slightly OC'ing a few of them), so if your looking at an AMD (or any pre-built for that matter) system, you want to make sure the interior has decent airflow going through it, not just a case fan with a shroud over the heatsink cost to performance wise.. AMD systems are great for the money example.. the system I'm writing this on.. Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Asus M2N-E mobo generic 450w PSU 2 GB pc6400 DDR2 ram 256MB nvidia 7600GT PCI-X 80 GB Segate SATA HD 120 GB Segate PATA (w/ SATA adapter) 16x DVD-Burner the systems been on all day (including a few hrs playing WoW..) and the current CPU temp is 102 Deg far. AMD systems arent bad.. its the people who build some of them that give them a bad name...

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Ever since 1969, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) has been producing semi-conductors for use in server technology and personal computers. They experienced rapid growth during the 1990s as they competed with Intel for the desktop and server PC market. They came out with their own line of AMD computer processors (CPUs) which quickly became popular as a less expensive competitor to Intel. Since that time, the company has continued to grow and they now employee almost 17,000 people and they continue to produce various semi-conductors for various computer uses. Their most popular product, however, is still the AMD computer processor.

Some of the new processors that AMD offers for use as CPUs in PC's include the Phenom, Avalon, Opteron, Turion 64 X2 and several other chipsets. These chips are every bit as good or superior to the comparable chips manufactured by Intel. When choosing a new system, there is really no reason to choose one manufacturer over the other. In t he past, AMD processors used to be priced lower than the Intel CPUs, but that isn't always the case anymore. Since AMD chips can sometimes outperform the same type of chip made by Intel, AMD has priced their chips to be closer in price to the Intel.

System builders also used to favor the AMD CPUs since there were higher margins in systems built with AMD chips. And since most people wouldn't know the difference between a PC built with an Intel chip or AMD chip, many systems were built using AMD chips. This was a smart choice as running Windows on either chip will give the user the same look and feel. There is absolutely no difference in the way Windows behaves with an Intel or AMD chip.

Also, home system builders also used a lot of AMD processors to get as much bang for the buck as possible. They are also favorites for overclocking. Overclocking simply means pushing a chip to a higher speed than it is rated for. With certain motherboard and processor combinations, you can push a chip to 15% to 20% faster than what it is rated for. Home builders have come up with many ways to do this with AMD processors. (However, Intel has kept up and now overclocking of Intel processors is also possible.)

If you are shopping for a new PC, you can't lose with an AMD or Intel processor. You may see a slight financial savings in an AMD processor as they can be priced slightly less than an Intel chipped computer. In any case, you will get a quality computer with excellent performance with an AMD processor.

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