Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
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.
Why do you feel that it isn't significant? You say "no of course not", but I say "obviously". Threads are a massive factor. About the only common workload that doesn't leverage them is some limited gaming, and even that is normally dramatically threaded today. If you are playing legacy games from say 2008, yes, the Intel is better suited for that. But either is SO fast in that case, doesn't really matter.
But for current stuff, they are written for the future where threading is everything. Pretty much everything is designed around leveraging threading today. It has to be, no matter what platform you are on, threading is the only significant way to get more power from your silicon. Writing stuff that isn't designed around the assumption of large threading models means that you have no access to the CPU's power.
I'm a pretty basic desktop user, and my one second snapshot shows 36 threads actively using the CPU. Threading is what allows desktops to provide the "snappy" feeling that most people care about most. High single thread performance is what allows single operations to be performed faster. Both have a place. But the single thread model is more often useful either in gaming, super niche calculations, or in servers. Whereas the large thread pool is more useful to business desktop usage where many, snappy apps are the most common priority.
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@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.)
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@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.
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@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.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
I really like AMD, I always have. But from my perspective, a gaming one, they don't have my vote.
But it's really a discussion on business computing, not gaming.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@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.
Yeah, and it's not so good. But the Vega is a Radeon.
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I have an AMD with the Vega. No issues, but, not that glamorous either.
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@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...)
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@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?:
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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
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@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.
I'm very happy to see AMD catching up. https://marketrealist.com/2019/05/amd-is-set-to-gain-cpu-unit-market-share-from-intel-in-2019/
They finally will a vastly significant part of the market share within two years. -
Intel CPUs are also significantly better for mobile devices and generate less heat.
Ugh I'm starting to sound like a fan boy, I'm certainly not. I don't care which I use, but I do care which to buy depending on purpose. -
@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?:
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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
I'm not surprised again.
Though what did Radeon have at that time period...If you take your exact machine and compare that to an equally specced AMD machine, the intel will perform better graphically, guaranteed. -
@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?:
@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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
I'm not surprised again.
Though what did Radeon have at that time period...If you take your exact machine and compare that to an equally specced AMD machine, the intel will perform better graphically, guaranteed.wow - just not a fan of ATI I take it?
I loved ATI over nVidea back when I used to build Gaming PCs in the early 2000's.
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@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?:
@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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
I'm not surprised again.
Though what did Radeon have at that time period...If you take your exact machine and compare that to an equally specced AMD machine, the intel will perform better graphically, guaranteed.That's quite recent. Like maybe three years old. AMD had some pretty good stuff at that point.
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@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?:
@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?:
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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
I'm not surprised again.
Though what did Radeon have at that time period...If you take your exact machine and compare that to an equally specced AMD machine, the intel will perform better graphically, guaranteed.wow - just not a fan of ATI I take it?
I loved ATI over nVidea back when I used to build Gaming PCs in the early 2000's.
OH ATI was KING!!!! But not any longer.
But no, I like both companies, actually, I like AMD much more. I want them to succeed over Intel.
I've been waiting patiently, but still don't see it. But hey, they just came out with Hyperthreading in what, 2017? Yay!
SMT I believe is their version.
Someday, I hope to see AMD dominate servers all over. -
@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?:
@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?:
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...)
No, that's a separate discussion. I have an Intel i7 Sixth Gen machine and the Intel graphics on that are so bad, but I can't disable them. Totally buggy and cause endless problems. It's bad enough that it makes the CPU itself problematic because it's unstable because of the software GPU that is forced on you.
I'm not surprised again.
Though what did Radeon have at that time period...If you take your exact machine and compare that to an equally specced AMD machine, the intel will perform better graphically, guaranteed.wow - just not a fan of ATI I take it?
I loved ATI over nVidea back when I used to build Gaming PCs in the early 2000's.
Early 2000s, pre-AMD ATI was doing really well. Nvidia has just really upped the game recently, though.
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
But hey, they just came out with Hyperthreading in what, 2017? Yay!
SMT I believe is their version.HT is an industry term, but an implementation. So it is HT with AMD, too. Same as with IBM, Oracle, and others.
HT can be good, or bad. It's only good if your processor has a deep pipeline.
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@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
But hey, they just came out with Hyperthreading in what, 2017? Yay!
SMT I believe is their version.HT is an industry term, but an implementation. So it is HT with AMD, too. Same as with IBM, Oracle, and others.
HT can be good, or bad. It's only good if your processor has a deep pipeline.
Well you mentioned threads earlier, aren't threads insignificant without HT?
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@kamidon said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
Someday, I hope to see AMD dominate servers all over.
They did for a long time, and I think that they still do outside of the Windows world. Windows and SMB licensing with their low cost count thing is really the only thing keeping Intel procs in the server game. If you are running a non-Windows workload, Intel procs make essentially no sense unless you have a very special purpose machine.
And in those special cases, Power tends to be the answer rather than Intel.
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@scottalanmiller said in Spec'ing a new computer from Dell or?:
And in those special cases, Power tends to be the answer rather than Intel.
What do you mean by that?
