What is better? Intel or AMD?

[Starmaderp]

You read it! So whats better? Obviously Intel have insanely more powerful cards than AMD do but which brand is better for gaming?

 

[lothdk]

That would depend entirely on the underlying game engine, how well threaded it is, and how core speed depended it is.

Generally speaking though, Intel has AMD beat.

Edit:
You are saying "more powerful cards" as in graphics cards? If that is the case, then AMD as Intel currently have no discrete graphics Cards.

Also you really have to be more specific, what games are we looking at, older games only utilizing one or two cores, new multi threaded games, are we looking at power consumption too, price, upgradeability of the platform of choice, really need to set some criteria for the comparison of brands.

 

[EzioAs]

Intel has more powerful cards than AMD for gaming?
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No.... :lol:


Intel has more powerful processors than AMD for gaming?
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Depends. They do have quite the lead in gaming on the more expensive side ($130 and above. Piledriver is still a viable option) but AMD does have great options as well for the lower budget builders.

 

[amuffin]

Mods, please close this thread.

 

[Starmaderp]

That would depend entirely on the underlying game engine, how well threaded it is, and how core speed depended it is.

Generally speaking though, Intel has AMD beat.

Edit:
You are saying "more powerful cards" as in graphics cards? If that is the case, then AMD as Intel currently have no discrete graphics Cards.

Also you really have to be more specific, what games are we looking at, older games only utilizing one or two cores, new multi threaded games, are we looking at power consumption too, price, upgradeability of the platform of choice, really need to set some criteria for the comparison of brands.

Thanks for the edit I was rushing. And It's going to be used for almost every game really down to the old games up to the latest and power consumption is not that big of an issue, price neither and desktop. Anything else you need to know just fire away.

 

[Starmaderp]

Intel has more powerful cards than AMD for gaming?
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No.... :lol:


Intel has more powerful processors than AMD for gaming?
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Depends. They do have quite the lead in gaming on the more expensive side ($130 and above. Piledriver is still a viable option) but AMD does have great options as well for the lower budget builders.

Thanks price isn't an issue so would a Intel processor run better than an AMD with exactly the same specs? Or would they be exactly the same?

 

[EzioAs]

It's useless to spend anything more than an i5-3570K, which is the best processor for gaming (as primary usage). Tom's Hardware just did their best cpu for gaming article, look up on that and buy based on your budget.

 

[unksol]

They dont have anywhere near similar specs? if you want new build advice go follow the guide.

www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

You're not providing information or answering questions and your topic reads like trying to start a flame war.

 

[jaguarskx]

If money is not an issue then Intel. If you want to shave $40 - $60 off your total build cost then AMD.

 

[stantheman123]

I agree with mufin just lock this. Both cpus do the job

 

[diablo34life]

actually amd has the best graphics card right now, both are good however. I bought an fx 8350 and im blown away at the fps you canget with it, for the price deff buy the 8 core vishera its only a few fps off of a i5 3570k and it kills the i5 and gives thes i7 a run for its money, heres some gaming benchmarks
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/fx-8350-8320-6300-4300_6.html#sect0

 

[EzioAs]

@diablo34life

FX8350 and i5-3570K are not graphics card. Intel doesn't have any gaming graphics card.

 

[diablo34life]

@diablo34life

FX8350 and i5-3570K are not graphics card. Intel doesn't have any gaming graphics card.

read the question again cant be to hard to miss,

 

[EzioAs]

read the question again cant be to hard to miss,

The question: Obviously Intel have insanely more powerful cards than AMD do but which brand is better for gaming?

Intel have more powerful cards? You're with him on this? :lol: :lol:

 

[diablo34life]

The question: Obviously Intel have insanely more powerful cards than AMD do but which brand is better for gaming?

Intel have more powerful cards? You're with him on this? :lol: :lol:

lol hahaha you dont know that NVidia is with intel

 

[Starmaderp]

The question: Obviously Intel have insanely more powerful cards than AMD do but which brand is better for gaming?

Intel have more powerful cards? You're with him on this? :lol: :lol:

I accidentally wrote cards.

 

[Novuake]

Mods, please close this thread.

Hahaha your just a troll at heart, arn't you oldmuffin?

 

[Novuake]

lol hahaha you dont know that NVidia is with intel

HAHHAHAHAH you are joking right??? You have to be?

 

[Starmaderp]

Can you stop arguing on my question please I made a little mistake by accident and it was a serious question... -.-

 

[Novuake]

Can you stop arguing on my question please I made a little mistake by accident and it was a serious question... -.-

Sorry dude. Intel is better, AMD is cheaper. So an AMD with "the same" specs is not as good as an Intel with the same specs...

 

[diablo34life]

Sorry dude. Intel is better, AMD is cheaper. So an AMD with "the same" specs is not as good as an Intel with the same specs...

lol this kid has to be 12 amd has better graphics card right now, you been listening to ur other 12 year old friends to much at school. lol he doesn't even know that NVidia only makes intel drivers. but noooo intel doesn't have a relationship with NVidia because a 12 year old said so

 

[EzioAs]

lol this kid has to be 12 amd has better graphics card right now, you been listening to ur other 12 year old friends to much at school. lol he doesn't even know that NVidia only makes intel drivers. but noooo intel doesn't have a relationship with NVidia because a 12 year old said so

What's with you and graphics card? OP wanted to know which processpor/CPU (Central Processing Unit) is better. He made a mistake at the first post and he admitted it just now. We're not talking about graphics card/video card/GPU/video adapter/graphics adapter, we're talking about CPUs here.

 

[amuffin]

Hahaha your just a troll at heart, arn't you oldmuffin?

Maybe...

 

[amuffin]

lol this kid has to be 12 amd has better graphics card right now, you been listening to ur other 12 year old friends to much at school. lol he doesn't even know that NVidia only makes intel drivers. but noooo intel doesn't have a relationship with NVidia because a 12 year old said so

Mine is bigger.

 

[diablo34life]

What's with you and graphics card? OP wanted to know which processpor/CPU (Central Processing Unit) is better. He made a mistake at the first post and he admitted it just now. We're not talking about graphics card/video card/GPU/video adapter/graphics adapter, we're talking about CPUs here.

whats wrong with you im talking to the other guy spreading false information, if you read the comment it wasn't aimed at ops question I already answered it.