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AMD Beats Intel in CPU Sales

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the running-hot dept.

glockenspieler writes "As reported by Ars Technica, for the week ending April 24th, AMD accounted for 52% of desktop CPU sales. Granted its just one week but perhaps this indicates that AMD is really building momentum in the desktop market. So, when will Dell begin carrying AMD?"

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  1. The end of high margins on CPUs. by Animats · · Score: 2, Troll
    The era of big profits on CPUs is over. They're a commodity now. That's killing Intel.

    There's a big change coming to the CPU industry. One of the major graphics chip manufacturers is about to put an x86 CPU in their chipset. This cuts out the CPU vendors entirely.

  2. Re:duh.... by Sinus0idal · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well in my opinion, the lower price of AMD chips is the *only* reason they are getting more of a market share. People who chose price first will buy AMD. Fact is P4 was and is better than the Athlon XP in terms of performance and overclocking, period. (don't know about the 64 so won't comment)

  3. I've considered AMD cpus in the past but... by MarcoAtWork · · Score: 3, Troll

    I've always bought intel, not because of the CPUs (I think AMD makes really nice hardware) but because of the chipsets.

    I've heard way too many horror stories (incompatibilities galore and other bogus things) from friends and acquaintances fighting to get things stable: personally I've always bought and recommended the best asus boards I knew about (P2B, CUSL2-C, P4T, P4C800-E) and never ever had a problem.

    The day AMD decides to enter the chipset business and proves that they can deliver a rock solid solution is the day I'll consider their CPU, until then I'll take the $ penalty and buy Intel because, after all, a few hundred extra $$$ are worth my peace of mind many times over (I tend to keep my computers for a long time and I'm past the age where fiddling to get things working is interesting).

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  4. Well.. by gphinch · · Score: 0, Troll

    of course their sales are greater than Intels. 1 out of every 3 people who installs a new AMD processor ends up crushing it with the fan because of poor design and has to buy a new one to replace it. This is why I will never buy AMD again.

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  5. Dell? by LesPaul75 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dell will start carrying AMD when Intel goes out of business. It's not going to happen. Intel has complete and utter control over Dell through price manipulation. This isn't new. The only way AMD can win is if others, like HP, somehow start out-selling Dell. That's possible, but Dell shipping AMD simply isn't possible. Dell is Intel. Believe dat.