AMD vs INTEL Core 2 DUO

RvnRooRon84 SG

Allright, just want to ask a general question; which is better?

AMD Turion 64 (x2) or Intel Core2 Duo Processor?

orionlight SG

Core 2 Duo is obviously better.Just google for the benchmarks they had done. These 2 cater to a different market segment, with the turion targetting the budget segment.The Turion does get abit hot at times though

ndmmxiaomayi SG

No Turion please… as much as I love AMD.

ceecookie SG

AMD is inferior to Intel,and the latter got the support of Microsoft as well.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

You caveman leh...

AMD is not inferior to Intel, it's just as good as Intel.

Technically, speeds don't match up with Intel, but I can assure you that they are just as fast. In the past, maybe not as good as Intel. But not now.

As for support... ha... whatever.

AMD is not even very well supported on Linux. And when given the popularity of Apple once it chooses Intel over AMD... the answer is very obvious.

RvnRooRon84 SG

Sad Why Mayi? Can be more specific? Any major problems? (other then gets hot easier; a friend says it gets hot easily because some users changes the bios settings purposely in order to 'overclock' the processor)

orionlight SG

That is a sweeping statement I must say, not everyone got the budget to buy C2D and in this case AMD provides value(performance) for money.Just like not everyone can afford Beemers so toyotas still serves it purpose, would you say it is inferior? Laughing

ceecookie SG

haha this is a controversial marketing statement i like to say when comparing the two giants. Laughing

BTW,apple is powered by AMD?Thought its IBM PowerPC?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Heat is one problem. Some desktops and laptops that are fitted with Turion chips are quite hot, worse than my AMD Athlon dinosaur PC (7 years old). Granted that old AMD chips are hot, but the Turion PCs that I work with are hotter than my dino.

I'm not sure for overclocking, but I do know that AMD has locked some settings with regards to overclocking, so you could well be damaging it if you attempt to unlock it.

Also, Turion is a 64-bit chip, lots of software compatibility issue. Some programs will just never run on a 64-bit chip.

RvnRooRon84 SG

Which is more newer? Intel right? And if I were to compare them, where does the AMD fit in the Intell tree in terms of performance?

Sorry if I ask n00b questions or my questions seems illogical! Embarassed

orionlight SG

THe turion would be rated at a slightly lower level than the Core Duo processor(take note, this is the generation of processors before the Core 2 Duo came out)

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Yeah...

I've got both Intel and AMD PCs... so I do know.

Generally, AMD's clock speeds look slower than Intel (just Google those formula), but just perform as well as Intel.

Error... should be Apple chooses Intel over AMD...

ceecookie SG

oh.U're talking about when Apple deciding the next processor to use.Thought u are referring to the previous processor that Apple used before switching to Intel.