You lost me at it not being an issue of a one vendor market. If AMD goes
bankrupt it will be a one vendor market.
maccrawj wrote:
It's not an issue of a one vendor market. When AMD comes up with
something good enough you can be sure the market will swing yet again
to AMD's camp.
What makes me laugh are all the complete "power gamer" PC's in EGM
that only come in AMD flavors during a Intel market. Well, that and
the price of said PC's being < $1000 loaded with features which is
flat out impossible to do & still have a "power gamer" PC.
Stan Zaske wrote:
I agree that we are in the era of "good enough" computing and it
doesn't matter how superior Core i7 is because the bottle necks are
in other parts of the system and that means primarily the hard drive.
I'm worried about a market with only one CPU manufacturer and what
it would mean about mainstream afford ability. I have not given in to
the temptation of Intel and my Athlon 5400+ BE is fast enough even
without over clocking. Deneb isn't here until February or March but I
too look forward to it.
Greg Sevart wrote:
Oh, I completely agree--I wouldn't buy an AMD right now either. But my
loyalty is thin. AMD's 45nm Deneb generation chips look to be
capable of
clocking fairly high. I at least allow for the possibility that
tomorrow may
be different--though I expect Core i7 to eat its lunch. I'm taking a
wait-and-see approach before deciding on the replacement for my superb
3.6GHz Q6600.
I think that some could make the argument that we are now largely in
an era
of "good enough" computing, too.
