@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

No, I completely disagree, Intel's onboard graphics can run most modern games.

It CAN run them, but not in the ballpark of an AMD or Nvidia. I have it and it breaks everything. So buggy and slow.

Yeah.........On a 2012 machine......I'm not surprised. There has been significant improvements in Intels onboard graphics. I've tested it on a Surface Pro 5 (Well the spiritual five when they skipped adding a number. Technically SP5 but.......not or something? Microsoft is so weird sometimes...)

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

I assume when you guys are talking about AMD vs Intel video - you're talking the embedded video chip in the processor?
That you're not talking about ATI vs Intel?

ATI is AMD. AMD's integrated chips are still ATI. My AMD proc has a cheap ass Radeon on board. It works, it's nothing special. But it destroys the Intel on board my other machine has (at a lower price.)

AMD doesn't do a non-ATI embedded option (that I've seen.)

They now have embedded Vega graphics in their procs. Last I've heard, Vega 11 is the latest, that was a year or so ago.

@Dashrender Yes lol.
Oh god, the Vega 11........garbage.

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

AMD machines in general have far less support.
Software is wonky at best.

What does this mean? What "support" do you need for a CPU? None, that's not a thing really. And software? You don't install software for a CPU, not for a long time. You just install the OS and you are done.

I got side tracked and started thinking about their graphics drivers.

Oh okay, yes, those suck. But Intel's GPUs are completely useless, too. Like, SO BAD.

Yes, in the GPU world, AMD has issues and Nvidia is trouncing them. Intel has effectively just given up there and doesn't even play any more. With RFX, Nvidia hasn't just outperformed AMD, they've left them in the dust.

No, I completely disagree, Intel's onboard graphics can run most modern games. Tens of thousands of games and they run them very well. (Obviously they can't run games on Ultra or Extreme or whatever term the particular game uses to describe dialing it up)

I really like AMD, I always have. But from my perspective, a gaming one, they don't have my vote.
Reliability perspective? Well I've had horrible luck with the damned things, so I would still go Intel.

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

No, they are NOT faster and have NOT been faster since the early 2000s when they first came out with their quad core.

Actually, AMD was faster in the 32bit era, their AthlonXP was the fastest desktop proc at the end of that era. Intel had completely fallen on their faces with their useless Pentium IV platform and couldn't recover. And they had dropped the Pentium III and couldn't spin it back up fast enough to compete.

If you remember, AMD went into the 64bit era having been crushing Intel, then destroying them by making fast 64bit while Intel was still pushing the Pentium IV 32bit, then attempting to save face by re-releasing their Pentium III and calling it a new name: Core. They failed and didn't sell well and the performance was pathetic.

AMD then created the Opteron market and destroyed Intel in performance all through the 2000s. Not by small amounts. We are talking huge amounts here. AMD totally owned the server market for most of that decade.

Then around 2009 AMD faltered and Intel got their game together and started making new designs that were 64bit native and accepted that Itanium had failed and they had to just play AMD's game. They did so really well and Intel ruled the roost for about 8-10 years. AMD had very little to show. I think you are remembering that era and confusing it with the decade leading up to it.

Then around a year ago AMD came out with new cores that kept pace with Intel, but at lower cost. And now, a few weeks ago, blew them away with new designs that are significantly outperforming what they had just a few months ago.

YES, now this I absolutely agree with. But they've lagged behind since early 2000.
Intel > AMD for the time being.
I believe though, Ryzen 4 will blow Intel out of the water. Intel is stuck right now until 2021, they can't get the 7nm.

@Dashrender I just picked AMD's latest and greatest and pitted it against Intel's proc that came out June of last year.

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

AMD machines in general have far less support.
Software is wonky at best.

What does this mean? What "support" do you need for a CPU? None, that's not a thing really. And software? You don't install software for a CPU, not for a long time. You just install the OS and you are done.

I got side tracked and started thinking about their graphics drivers.

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

In what market though? Surely not the consumer market. And most servers I've at least seen are always Intel. Perhaps the east coast is different?

The ENTIRE market.

You're desire for AMD to be selling better != reality

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

For consumers wouldn't it be better to look at i5 vs Ryzen, or i7 vs Ryzen?

Why would a consumer want a slower, more expensive processor?

Benchmarks don't agree with you.

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

Now it has been a while, I wouldn't mind trying out a system with another AMD proc, but at least at this time, Intel is cheaper and faster...still...so from a consumer perspective, it doesn't seem viable to go with AMD.

AMD has been faster and cheaper for a few years now. And the latest generation is supposed to go from "a little faster and cheaper" to "blows the doors off."

From a consumer perspective, Intel has been weird to use for a while, other than vendors selling nothing else. But when you are directly impacted by the choice, AMD has been a pretty clear winner for quite some time with the cost/performance of Intel just ruling it out for anything but the most high end use cases. Now those high end ones go to AMD mostly with their new high end procs.

What AMD software do you run with a CPU? I don't install any. That AMD has good or bad software doesn't seem like a factor in a CPU decision.

That's ridiculous, a clear winner from what perspective??? The Linux perspective? Lol
AMD machines in general have far less support.
Software is wonky at best.
No, they are NOT faster and have NOT been faster since the early 2000s when they first came out with their quad core.
Now, multi core is faster if you actually look at benchmarks, but that's it. Is that insignificant? NO of course not, but overall, Intel is easily much faster.
Even video cards, "Oh AMD came out with a new card! Oh...It's slower than last years nVidia and only $50 cheaper than nVidia's second best card...bummer." Next year, Same thing year after year.
The processor aspect of their business isn't much different.

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@gjacobse said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

Looking at an i5 Desktop with 16GB of ram pushes the envelop at $800

Why look at Intel when genuine AMD is crushing them? With better price/performance and shipping nearly 80% of CPUs today, Intel seems like an odd choice.

DAMN...80%?
In what market though? Surely not the consumer market. And most servers I've at least seen are always Intel. Perhaps the east coast is different?
I seldom come across an amd processor in the consumer market, it's extremely rare.

Edit: And in terms of speed, I mean AMD just doesn't seem to cut it. Maybe as a server because of the muilti core speeds. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-9900K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X/4028vs4044

How many people are running i9's though? For consumers wouldn't it be better to look at i5 vs Ryzen, or i7 vs Ryzen?

No...because AMD's software is garbage, their performance is spotty despite benchmarks that are decent.
But this is anecdotal and obviously my opinion.

Now it has been a while, I wouldn't mind trying out a system with another AMD proc, but at least at this time, Intel is cheaper and faster...still...so from a consumer perspective, it doesn't seem viable to go with AMD.

I had experience in the early 2000's with AMD and yeah - I hated them in the XP days - the damned 4-in-1 driver crap you had to deal with.

and now these slow ass laptops (granted they are likely slow because they are just slow ass low end procs, not necessarily because they are shit proc claiming to be as good as Gen 7 or better i5 procs)

Gen 7 and below laptops, not great. Gen 7 isn't bad, but they're just not quick procs.
However, Gen 8 and 9, WHEW! They're stupid fast!
I miss my 7490 Latitude at my old job

A 2 for $5 double cheeseburger deal with small fries Dairy Queen lmao.....been splurging lately. Stress.

@PhlipElder Omfg I love ATP. That console is badass

@Dashrender said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@gjacobse said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

Looking at an i5 Desktop with 16GB of ram pushes the envelop at $800

Why look at Intel when genuine AMD is crushing them? With better price/performance and shipping nearly 80% of CPUs today, Intel seems like an odd choice.

DAMN...80%?
In what market though? Surely not the consumer market. And most servers I've at least seen are always Intel. Perhaps the east coast is different?
I seldom come across an amd processor in the consumer market, it's extremely rare.

Edit: And in terms of speed, I mean AMD just doesn't seem to cut it. Maybe as a server because of the muilti core speeds. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-9900K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X/4028vs4044

How many people are running i9's though? For consumers wouldn't it be better to look at i5 vs Ryzen, or i7 vs Ryzen?

No...because AMD's software is garbage, their performance is spotty despite benchmarks that are decent.
But this is anecdotal and obviously my opinion.

Now it has been a while, I wouldn't mind trying out a system with another AMD proc, but at least at this time, Intel is cheaper and faster...still...so from a consumer perspective, it doesn't seem viable to go with AMD.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@kamidon said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Writing a GUI Powershell script for setting up Application pools for IIS.

If you mean like an actual Windows Gui, I love using POSHGUI (https://poshgui.com/) to design the forms.

Yup, that's what I used
POSHGUI is really great

@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

@gjacobse said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:

Looking at an i5 Desktop with 16GB of ram pushes the envelop at $800

Why look at Intel when genuine AMD is crushing them? With better price/performance and shipping nearly 80% of CPUs today, Intel seems like an odd choice.

DAMN...80%?
In what market though? Surely not the consumer market. And most servers I've at least seen are always Intel. Perhaps the east coast is different?
I seldom come across an amd processor in the consumer market, it's extremely rare.

Edit: And in terms of speed, I mean AMD just doesn't seem to cut it. Maybe as a server because of the muilti core speeds. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-9900K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-9-3900X/4028vs4044

@black3dynamite Oh.........well that sucks.

@RojoLoco LOVE hot sauce too, I'll check it out.
I'm down to try that

Double quarter pound burger from Burger King and a Large fry........lol....

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Oldie but goodie