Where to begin...
Their logic was as it follows: gamers always try to go for the best product, the 980x costs an arm and a leg, therefore it should be the best, therefore we should bench games against it. The 2500/2600 are in our price range, therefore we should bench against them for everyday tasks like encoding, archiving, etc...The thing is their logic is very sound for the average consumer who hasn't read all the reviews and thinks that price is the only thing that matters. So if anything, you should ask ntel why they're still tryig to sell you a 2 year old technology that is supposed to be inferior for 800$
Exactly my thoughts, I couldn't agree more.
Their logic was "if we compare the 980X for gaming and price, and 2600k for multi-theading (workstation tasks), Bulldozer will look a lot better than if we compare SB for gaming and price and 980X for workstation tasks".
Of course, why would you expect anything more? See first quote, above.
If it holds up to SB in multithreading and 980x for gaming at the price they are going to be selling it regardless if it is 100 cores/threads, it's a win for the consumer.
Definitely.
Is Sandy faster? Who knows. Probably. But how much faster is really needed at this point and is worth the price? I mean in a real world scenario. Is it worth the extra money. I mean you guys are arguing over a Shelby Super Snake with a super charger vs a Shelby Super Snake without a super charger. WTF does it matter?! They are both SUPER SNAKES.
You Sir, are my hero.
im sorry intel fanboy you have finally lost
Umm, I'm not a 'fanboy' of either side... but uhh, did you look at my system specs? I currently own an AM3+ board and will be buying a BD cpu within the next year...
But uhh, good job with the fanboy bit, you're good at it, maybe a bit too enthusiastic.
Honestly people, this is waayyy too much hate and love over this thing.
It's gratifying to see so much ethical outrage playing itself out, but really, what's the point?
You can't change it, all you can do is figuratively bang your head against the wall.
Corporations do what corporations do, which is anything that's either not outright illegal or will only result in a corporate wrist slap. It doesn't matter which perspective you look at it from, Intel or AMD, someone somewhere is fracking someone over, or causing some kind of outrage; just as in life in general.
The sad thing is this, this argument is playing itself out, in all the same ways on every damn tech site on the planet. A Win - Win proposition for both AMD and Intel. Marketing.
Epic fail.