7. I'm not disappointed by AMD. People forget that Intel took over three years to develop a decent answer to AMDs Hammers. AMD, on the other hand, has produced the Phenom in just a little over a year, on a much smaller budget. They're working very hard to integrate the CPU and GPU. They are famous for giving the most bang for the buck. One look at the recent $199 Phenom specials should be enough to convince anyone of that fact.
So, people who berate AMD for being "late" are simply not getting the big picture.
AMD does not need to have a faster processer, or even one of equal speed.. All they need is performance that is reasonably close to Intel's, and that can comfortably handle the most demanding games. Millions of computer buffs would prefer to purchase cpus from AMD, the spunky underdog, rather than Intel, the monolithic Goliath. It's human nature. [Posted by: vext | Date: 12/20/07]