3 quick questions on which is better?

Question

three questions, both facts and opinions based on personal experiences are welcome. first who makes a better processor. intel or amd? second, who makes a better video card, nvidia or ati? and third, are dual core or quad core processors better for general computing and casual gaming?

Answer 1

Both Intel & AMD make a good line of processors.But, prefer AMD for its simplicity & backward compactability .As far as Graphics cards are concerned would consider Nvidia as the preferred choice.Quad-core processors are used in high end systems that need to handle a huge amount of data (Cooperate Networks) at a given time which tends to put a lot of pressure on the concerned server which needs to be up all the time.So for gaming, dual-core processors should do fine along with the appropriate motherboard & ram...........

Answer 2

intel or amd - no major difference..intel is bit faster than amd

nvidia or ati - I have nvidia..it's good but consuming more memory.

dual core or qud core - I have dual core and it is good for multitasking. quad core should be good because it should have more efficient way to handle multitasking

Answer 3

intel

nvdia

dual core.

Answer 4

AMD, NVIDIA, DUAL CORE, usually a higher end Dual core

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Btw, AMD has a faster FSB, lesser Cache and that's why you need to invest in DDR3 1066, and if you do it blows intel to pieces. AMD can overclock better than Intel, especially since the new Quad cores come with an unlocked multiplier. AMD runs cooler which means it's cheaper to keep it at a lower temp when Overclocking it. i have a 4400+ OC'd to 3.2Ghz with liquid cooling and DDR3 1066 RAM with 2 9500GT's from gigabyte with a Gigabyte 770-DS3 mobo and it will BLOW the @#$% out of any Intel combo similar to it.

don't forget that NO GAME at this point can utilize a Quad core yet, only Dual core and it would be pointless to go with a Quadcore for gaming.

Answer 5

Processors:

Both Intel and AMD processors are very good.  Each company has at some point in time had the top processor for performance as well as the top processor for the cost.  Currently, Intel seems to have the lead on processing power, but AMD has the better cost for performance.  Choosing a CPU generally comes down to cost and preference.

Video cards:

Again, both have good products.  What you really should do when choosing the card is look at the applications you are planning to use and see what card they prefer.  Often developers can optimize their card for one over the other.  For the games I play, NVidia seems to be the card of choice.  I've owned both cards at home and used both at work.  I am currently running NVidia, but have no problems with ATI (just the game that I'm playing seemed to support NVidia a bit better than ATI, at least based on the forums for the game).

Processor cores:

Dual core should be fine for general computing and casual gaming.  Going to quad core at this point in time is "over kill".  Most applications aren't developed to take advantage of multiple cores (i.e. applications aren't "multi-threaded").  Having extra cores really helps when running multiple applications.  I'd definitely take a dual core over a single core since the anti-virus application will consume a good portion of one core when running.

If I were building a system today, I'd go with:

Dual core AMD CPU

NVidia video card