Ok, I am THE AMD Fan. My road from being a poor computer builder to actualy working at AMD is a result of my experience with them. My first PC (of my own, not the stuff my dad owned) used a K6-2 processor. Since then I have owned and used a few processors of each generation, and I am currently up to 6 Athlon 64 processors (of all sockets) and love them. But what really turned me into a fan was becoming a intern at AMD while still in high-school. I was amazed at what it actualy takes to make a processor, and the people I met that were insainly smart. Things like 80,000 volt DC plasma injectors, and scanning electron microscopes (And that was just for flash memory). Since then I have had many jobs at AMD that have shown me that AMD knows what they are doing and goes above and beyond the requirements to make their stuff stable and fast. As a DDR techician I learned about what is required to ensure and document the stability of processors, they aren't just made and tested and called "good". But they are ripped apart, analyzed, and pushed to extreme limits to figure out what needs to be fixed or tweaked for the next generation. I now work in marketing, probably viewed as the most corporate part of any company. I am amazed at the people in this area. They are very real, they know what they have and what the competition is doing about it. AMD seems very sensative to their customer and OEM customer needs and I constantly hear about special orders and custom jobs to fit what a customer wants. It is not about pumping out as many fast CPUs as possible, which is refreshing. Right now (for one more month) I am responsible for keeping tabs on you guys; the fans and enthusiasts (that is why I am reading this thread) . As the poll currently shows more PC DIYer's go AMD then Intel, and thanks for posting your reasons.
Well I've been extremely pleased with my AMD64 2800+ so far so go tell your boss how much I like em (the processors, not your boss )
AMD. Pretty much everyone else has summed it up. I needed anew PC so bought me a 2500+ with AQXEA stepping. It was great fun to kick the ass of my friends £220 Intel CPU with my £70 AMD one. Sicne then I've bought only AMD and am now happily awaiting more people to start making 64-bit software! Right now I have 5 AMD CPU's. Two Athlon XP 2500+'s, a Duron 1000 Mobile (meida PC), a San Diego 3700+ and a Clawhammer (S754) 3000+ in my laptop.
amd. first comp i ever built, this one which now works again, cuz of what every one has said already, and im a gamer
My first PC six years ago was AMD; I started following their development more than I did Intel's, so when the time came to upgrade earlier this year I never even really looked at anything except AMD - I just didn't know my way around Intel's brands, and didn't see any need to learn 'em when I knew AMD's stuff better. Both this machine and my last were/are "Triple A" - AMD, ATI & Asus. It seems to be a good combo.
