Holy ****

[KimB]

I have never seen a CPU comparison this one-sided before. Check the poll on firingsquad's front page:
http://www.firingsquad.com/

(as of the time of this post)
90% AMD
9% Intel
1% lost due to rounding errors

Just amazing.

 

[AlNom]

interesting... for two seconds. Demographics

 

[KimB]

Sure, but I still think that it really shows how far AMD has come. I don't remember ever seeing a CPU poll previously that has more than a 30/70 split. Even among a specific demographic I think it's a pretty amazing result (and firingsquad isn't at all an AMD fansite).

 

[Sxotty]

Well if nothing else it is good to see consumers doing somehting intelligent and buying a product that suits them better. (That is a gaming site afterall)

 

[Diplo]

Also interesting that (at time of posting) 63% will be going for Nvidia as opposed to only 36% for ATI.

 

[Druga Runda]

well if this would last for a few more years, and if AMD managed to turn a profit we could almost say that the CPU industry has some kind of balance ;-)

anyhow it is good to see, and good that even general population of a gaming site is well aware of the best products for their respective interest

 

[KimB]

Also interesting that (at time of posting) 63% will be going for Nvidia as opposed to only 36% for ATI.

Well, bear in mind that results may be colored somewhat by the release of the 7800 GTX to a silent ATI. Things may change somewhat once ATI's coming lineup is more apparent.

 

[DudeMiester]

well if this would last for a few more years, and if AMD managed to turn a profit we could almost say that the CPU industry has some kind of balance ;-)

AMD has turned a profit the last two years afaik, but only ~$25 million each time.

 

[KimB]

They were in the red for two quarters this past year.

 

[John Reynolds]

I think AMD's popularity with the gaming community is the result of two concurrent factors: better core logic chipsets than what were previously available years ago for AMD processors, and the A64 architecture.

 

[fallguy]

There is really no educated vote that can be placed for the GPU. We dont know what NV, or ATi will have next year.