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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:08 pm ]
Post subject:  AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/353266/amd- ... es-in-2010

They'd need to be :oops:
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
Bumper sales of what exactly? Their processors are a generation behind Intel and they can't write drivers to save their lives.

Add to that the problem of having pissed off the entire *nix ecosystem and it should be clear why they struggle to make money.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
Bumper sales of sub £100 parts = very little profit.
Author:  gavomatic57 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
l3v1ck wrote:
Bumper sales of sub £100 parts = very little profit.


I don't know...when you have been re-branding the Athlon 64 for 6 years, they're probably very cheap to make now.

They might sell a few 5870's to people who can find them though..
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
rustybucket wrote:
Bumper sales of what exactly? Their processors are a generation behind Intel and they can't write drivers to save their lives.

Add to that the problem of having pissed off the entire *nix ecosystem and it should be clear why they struggle to make money.


AMD chips pack a punch for the price, I have yet to see an Intel chip that performs as well as my Phenom II 955 for a similar price.

Intel chips were second to AMD chips once, I have little doubt Intel will drop the ball somewhere.
Author:  phobos [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
Linux_User wrote:

AMD chips pack a punch for the price, I have yet to see an Intel chip that performs as well as my Phenom II 955 for a similar price.



You have not looked very hard...

Core i5 950, is 2 quid more at some retailers, some its cheaper than a 955 on offer.

Quote:
When converting a full-length movie from a DVD (MPEG2) to DivX format Core i5-750 was 16% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 20% faster than Phenom II X4 955; rendering a sample project on After Effects CS4 Core i5-750 was 22% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 26% faster than Phenom II 955; and compressing files with WinRAR Core i5-750 was 19% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 22% faster than Phenom II X4 955.


http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/819/12

Doesn't look like the Phenom 955 is similar performance to the i5, looks like its loads slower to me.
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
I've been using AMD and ATi for 10 years but I think that the point has come where I might have to fork out a bit more dough.

Quite simply, their prices might be attractive but the quality and support just isn't good enough.
Author:  phobos [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
rustybucket wrote:
I've been using AMD and ATi for 10 years but I think that the point has come where I might have to fork out a bit more dough.

Quite simply, their prices might be attractive but the quality and support just isn't good enough.


I have an HP6735B laptop which is Turion 2.2, HD3200 as part of the 780G package running Windows 7 and its good, but had numerous probs with their desktop cards in Vista, a 3870 then a 4850 1GB, the drivers are very variable you probably already knew.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: AMD eyeing bumper sales in 2010
When is AMD's fusion out? 2010 or 2011?
Until they get a new architecture they can only compete with low prices for CPU's.
GPU's should net them a bit of cash next year though.
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