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AMD's Project Quantum Gaming PC Contains Intel CPU

Posted by timothy on from the pride-of-place dept.

nateman1352 links to an article at Tom's Hardware which makes the interesting point that chip-maker AMD will offer Intel -- rather than AMD -- CPUs in their upcoming high-end gaming PC. (High-end for being based on integrated components, at least.) From the article: Recently, AMD showed off its plans for its Fiji based graphics products, among which was Project Quantum – a small form factor PC that packs not one, but two Fiji graphics processors. Since the announcement, KitGuru picked up on something, noticing that the system packs an Intel Core i7-4790K "Devil's Canyon" CPU. We hardly need to point out that it is rather intriguing to see AMD use its largest competitor's CPU in its own product, when AMD is a CPU maker itself.

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  1. The answer's simple... by beelsebob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The i7 4790k is faster than any CPU AMD make, by quite a wide margin. They're trying to sell this as the ultimate graphics crunching box... That needs a faster CPU than they can produce.

    1. Re:The answer's simple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The answer is even simpler than that.. They are offering a both, because they know the customer base is fickle and brand loyal.

      You'll probably see a lower priced version with an AMD CPU and a much higher priced Intel based model for the kids who want bragging rights. They win either way.

      They designed the product to actually compete in the market, not to show off their CPUs.

    2. Re:The answer's simple... by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, but my sources tell me they're planning an Intel+Nvidia second generation product that will totally blow this rig out the water!

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  2. What a fucking stupid submission. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What a goddamn stupid submission.

    Yes, companies that make one product do use products from competitors in some situations. Microsoft is a great example of this. Yes, they provide Windows, but you can also use Linux with Azure. There's nothing wrong with that. They're using a product that competes with Windows because that's what the Azure users want and need. It's the smart thing to do, for crying out loud.

    A much bigger problem is when an open source project like, say, Debian, ends up having to support systemd thanks to political skullduggery, even though systemd is not what Debian's users want, it is not good for the Debian project's quality, it causes many problems, and causes many Debian users to lose trust in the project and its software. That's a real problem. This AMD-using-Intel-CPU shit is totally a non-issue.

  3. AMD takes care of its customers? by Iamthecheese · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's what I'm reading. That AMD is willing to go the extra mile to offer what its customers are looking for.

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  4. Yes by goldcd · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What's refreshing is that they've recognized this. I'm reasonably sure this choice was the output of some rather heated meetings - but so.. 'refreshing' to see that the correct decision was made, for those people wanting to purchase the product.
    Also gives a pretty good internal target for AMD - v2 of this box WILL have an AMD CPU in it (or else we're getting out of the CPU market).

    1. Re:Yes by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Um, that's utter crap.

      No it ain't. AMD at that point had an actually scalable architecture using hyper transport and could scale in multi socket boxes way, way better than Intel. It made a huge difference.

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    2. Re:Yes by Mike+Frett · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's not crap. The Athlons crushed the Pentium 4's. I remember that very clearly. Slashdot people should know this unless you were born yesterday.

  5. Precisely. by goldcd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This decision underlines that AMD wanted to make something great, that people would want and would buy - rather than being a vanity project for the company.
    Been with nVidia for the last batch of GPUs and for last few CPUs - but I'm still rooting for them. The plucky, power-guzzling underdog :)
    Maybe my next upgrade will switch me back to them, maybe it won't - but this decision at least shows me they've not lost their minds, and should still be considered.