amd/intel poll inspired by merry

Ryoko · Nov 21, 2002, 12:25 PM

this poll is in honor of merry, all congrats should go to him.

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 21, 2002, 03:51 PM

I was A fan of intel untill I really got into power using and now I kinda wish I still had my old amd..

fornicatarachnid · Nov 21, 2002, 04:28 PM

Was Intel until 12 mths ago when i built this system based around

a 1.2 Gig Thunderbird which, although long overdue for an

ungrade, has been a good, reliable set-up.

Im sticking with AMD from now on

Highwood · Nov 21, 2002, 06:25 PM

My current cpu is an AMD, that doesn’t mean I think AMD is a better processor than Intel, it just means that when I was building my current puter AMD gave me the best value for my hard earned $.

toddsmack2k · Nov 21, 2002, 07:27 PM

i have a 2100 amd, bought it because of price

merry · Nov 22, 2002, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ryoko
this poll is in honor of merry, all congrats should go to him.

Thanks, ryoko. I must apologize for my poor english, though, I think you misunderstood me a little.

My original post was:

Quote:

Originally posted by merry
I didn't read all the posts in this thread... Sorry, I'm at work and I really don't have the time. The only conclusion one can draw is that AMD users have something to prove.

You know, like cops, do they become cops because they are stupid, or do they become stupid because they are cops?
Did you always have this compulsion to prove yourselves, or is it only since you use AMD?

Can someone make a poll out of this, what if the latter is true...

I didn't mean to state that AMD users are stupid.

I only noted that AMD users (as shown in the There are still people buying Intel? and btw Amd Users Vs Intel Users threads) seem to have the urge to defend/promote/impose their choice of preocessors over people who choose to buy from the competing chip builder.

I thought it was pretty clear, in spite of the cops hint

Some quotes:

Quote:

Originally posted by JavaFox
I often wonder about Intel users. Why do they still exist? I'm really not sure. But I am thoroughly convinced that Intel fanboys (and girls, as the case may be) are the lowest, stupidest, and least-in-touch-with-reality fanatics of them all.

[...]

We don't want you anyway.

Note how the author equates 'users' with 'fanboys', in his (or her) view everybody has to be emotionally involved in the choice of hardware.

From the same author, couple of posts below:

Quote:

I love the fact that I get to USE Via chipsets. Via writes excellent drivers, and I've never had a problem with stability.

Note again emotion, plus the idea that excellency derives from his personal experience - what if somebody has a different experience with said hw/drivers? I should probably avoid confessing that my experience with VIA chipsets (as 693) points to terrible memory management, while stability is no better than i815's - I would be hated for it.

And again:

Quote:

Of course, all of the intelligence came from the AMD Camp.

A Camp (note the capital c) already? WE the AMD users (or fanboys, for that matter)...

While documenting the above I found a post I had previously overlooked:

Quote:

Originally posted by reno
Has anyone ever noticed how "gothic" persons seem to always latch on to some principle or style to claim their own, flaunt, and valiantly defend, even though hundreds or thousands of other "unique" people latch on to the same thing/belief?

That reminds me of AMD users.

Not exactly my point, but close enough. I'm not even the only one to have noted.

So, I'm afraid I must leave - however reluctantly - all credit for this poll to you.

Congratulations!

reno · Nov 24, 2002, 12:45 AM

Wait...you don' know ME! bitch you don' KNOW ME!

sorry, I turned into a black lady from Jerry Springer there for a second...thanks, I think.

Ryoko · Nov 25, 2002, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by merry
Thanks, ryoko. I must apologize for my poor english, though, I think you misunderstood me a little.

a little?

i reread your post and melted like a snowcone on the equator in march... i can't believe i took the cop thing literally and imposed the amd/intel stuff on that... wow.

after that, i had to vote "i was already stupid"

well anyway, i can see your point. i see it all the time in nvidia/ati conversations, where the ati defenders are much more vocal than nvidia defenders. i think it's the underdog syndrome...

but then again, i have amd/nvidia, and i don't defend amd. i defend nvidia rarely, but then again, i am on rage3d alot, where if you mention nvidia you are burned at the stake.

i don't think that owning a specific product will make you defensive. i think it's just who you are. that's why there are fanboys on both sides, and yet FAR more who don't really care to get into an argument (like me)

reno · Nov 25, 2002, 09:47 PM

And then there are far more that are more concerned about the state of that burrito that they forgot in the office's microwave the other day...

merry · Nov 26, 2002, 07:06 AM

I actually took it as a joke, or whatever, some board stuff.

I'm new to boards, and from Eastern Europe, so I kinda take anything 'as it comes' - the flame forum is for flaming, whatever that means, so I thought it's sort of 'rules of the game'...

And responded the best I could.

Actually flaming is most unusual to me, we do a lot of spoofing around over here, but this is different, more like a literary genre, if you like, and based on insults - sort of the opposite of 'it's ok to kill people as long as you don't speak dirty' - and with style.

Alas... you misunderstood me again... I was trying to be ironic...

I suck...

(and I'm afraid intel has nothing to do with it)

reno · Nov 26, 2002, 10:49 AM

What, exactly, do you suck?

RIV@NVX · Nov 26, 2002, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ryoko
this poll is in honor of merry, all congrats should go to him.

This is so funny! Thumbs up!

Ryoko · Nov 26, 2002, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reno
And then there are far more that are more concerned about the state of that burrito that they forgot in the office's microwave the other day...

forgetful are we?

Ryoko · Nov 26, 2002, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by merry
I actually took it as a joke, or whatever, some board stuff.

I'm new to boards, and from Eastern Europe, so I kinda take anything 'as it comes' - the flame forum is for flaming, whatever that means, so I thought it's sort of 'rules of the game'...

And responded the best I could.

Actually flaming is most unusual to me, we do a lot of spoofing around over here, but this is different, more like a literary genre, if you like, and based on insults - sort of the opposite of 'it's ok to kill people as long as you don't speak dirty' - and with style.

Alas... you misunderstood me again... I was trying to be ironic...

I suck...

(and I'm afraid intel has nothing to do with it)

.........

*re-enrolls myself in kindergarten*

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 26, 2002, 08:02 PM

Shame on you for double posting Ggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

RIV@NVX · Nov 27, 2002, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kelsenellenelvian
Shame on you for double posting Ggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

Let's report to a mod. Ryoko is mod. Hmmmmm....

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 27, 2002, 02:46 AM

DAMN IT even the man is against us!!!!

meuno · Nov 28, 2002, 09:37 AM

funny topic

my first processor was intel, so I think thats why I'm stupid..

present one is amd and only reason is price :P

reno · Nov 30, 2002, 08:21 PM

For some reason, the idea of a 2.533Ghz P4 and PC2700 memory is more appealing than a 2600+ Athlon with PC2700 memory...I dunno...for some reason it's just my mind! I'm crazy!

Vampyromaniac · Nov 30, 2002, 09:24 PM

I'd get the AMD to run the cpu and ram synchronously

reno · Nov 30, 2002, 09:37 PM

Yeah, but I've heard that with the PC2700 XMS modules from corsair, and with aircooling on a BE7 from Abit...2.533gigers have been getting up to 166Mhz FSB...that's like what...3.2 GIGAFREAKINHERTZ?

And all that power for less than 550 bucks? WHOA!

RIV@NVX · Dec 1, 2002, 07:18 AM

Well nice. How much improvement in actuall preformarance (3DMark 2k1)?

reefman5045 · Dec 1, 2002, 05:06 PM

only stupid people buy intel because they do not know any better it is all marketing

RIV@NVX · Dec 1, 2002, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by reefman5045
only stupid people buy intel because they do not know any better it is all marketing

LOL.
You don't get the point of whole thread.

JOKE

reno · Dec 1, 2002, 07:21 PM

Hmm...and I suppose NASA, the DoD and MENSA are stupid? (all use intel based computers, NASA uses a lot of RISC machines too, and crays...which are pentium 2 farms...)

RIV@NVX · Dec 2, 2002, 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by RIV@NVX
LOL.
You don't get the point of whole thread.

JOKE

LOL, I selected size as huge. Bug?