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maraxle:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 19, 2004, 09:41:02 pm ---Secondly, I have every dead motherboard/processor I have sitting in my closet (4 of them at last count) is Intel hardware.

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Well, I have plenty of decade(+) old Intel hardware that works fine.  My P100 is still around, and last I heard, so's my 486-SX 25mhz machine.  The only dead board I have is a VIA Mini-ITX that got struck by lightning.  Actually, even that one kind of works.  Just the onboard sound, LAN, and possibly USB/Serial/Parallel ports don't work (haven't tested the ports).
paigeoliver:
Oh, most of my decade old Intel hardware works too. Only really old dead intel hardware I have is my Tournament Solitaire mother board (fanless, diskless, 386 based, died from battery acid damage), a 286 laptop, and a 486 laptop.

But, by comparison, ALL my AMD hardware still works regardless of age, and I have never had any AMD hardware fail on me (have lost power supplies in them, but that has nothing to do with Intel vs. AMD).
Sylentwulf:
This is turning into a completely fanboy stupid flamewar type of post.

If either AMD or intel were blatantly better than the other one, the lesser of the 2 would not be in business anymore or would be SIGNIFICANTLY lower in price.

Get whatever one you want. They'll both perform GREAT.
Magnet_Eye:
Both AMD and Intel are good. The thing is, most Intel fans are old skool and dedicated. Some years back AMD was not that solid. But today, they are very good. So, I think the guys that were around back in the day when Intel was better than AMD still hold tru to the intel flavor. But the truth is that AMD has come a long way and is giving Intel a run for their money. Big time.

AMD is actually on their way to surpassing Intel. (heard of the new compound in germany?)

Anyway, I think an AMD is a great choice for a mame cab. I am currently using one. An Athlon 1ghz that is 3 years old now.  ;D

Best of luck to ya!  :D
Oldskool:

--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on May 20, 2004, 08:19:03 am ---The thing is, most Intel fans are old skool  
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I take offense to that statement.  ;)

On a serious note, I have two AMD XP2500 systems up and running, and I love them both.

Want bang for the buck? Buy AMD.

Even my old Cyrix 166 was a good buy over the equivalent Intel model.


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