AMD vs Intel - Switching Sides

[Guest]

So I'm in a bit of a dilemma...

 

I'm thinking of upgrading my computer, which really is on its last legs has an Intel i7 4770K, I remember getting it just after the 4770K came out which I'm guessing puts the heart of the machine at around 5-6 years old, and while the rest of the machine is falling apart and has had upgrades/replacements over the years the Intel i7 has always worked flawlessly. So now I've decided to replace the lot it would make sense to go with another Intel processor.

 

Well thats where the issue comes in, I've always liked AMD machines, and although I've been using Intel on my last few computers, the AMD lineup really does look more appealing this time around.

 

So I'm just checking if theres anyone out there who has switched sides when it comes to their preffered choice? and if theres any pros and cons to switching from Intel to AMD.

 

 

[Fasauceome]

If I didn't win my CPU, my upgrade path would be Ryzen all day. I also upgraded from good old Haswell, my 4790k was admirable. 

 

New Ryzen processors dropping will be compelling, as if a 6 core 12 thread CPU at $160 wasn't compelling enough, it's good on a $60 board and with upgrades to 8 cores or who knows what else on next gen, hard to argue for Intel.

 

Current gen Intel has the performance advantage, but not by much, and the price premium for that small increase is just not justified in my opinion 

[Brooksie359]

Own both a ryzen PC and a Intel PC. They are both great. 

[Enderman]

Unless you upgrade to a 9900K or a 1700X or something you won't notice a big difference from your 4770K and a lower end ryzen chip.

AMD still has significantly worse single core performance, which is what matters most in gaming.

If you do video editing or rendering and stuff that uses tons of cores then a 1700 or 9900K will be great.

[.Apex.]

45 minutes ago, Zahkyto said:

So I'm just checking if theres anyone out there who has switched sides when it comes to their preffered choice? and if theres any pros and cons to switching from Intel to AMD.

There are Pros and Cons for each, but it really depends on what your needs are, If you're a competitive gamer and you want the best chance you can get for achieving the highest frame rate possible with your hardware then go with Intel, as Ryzen is still behind, but it's also sometimes on par though, but if you don't mind all that and you just wanna game or if you game at 60Hz then either CPU would be fine, and AMD has an advantage over Intel in other workloads, so that might be more important to you, though Ryzen 3rd Gen should be releasing soon, so wait for that and maybe AMD can match or beat Intel in gaming.

 

I was careful with my words, and I wanna make it clear that Ryzen doesn't perform like shit or anything like that, it really just depends on what you want from your system, It's really hard to get technical and tell you why Ryzen is behind, and in what scenario Ryzen is behind, it's really only in the extreme case scenarios that Ryzen shows that it's not on par, I have no clue if that applies to you.

[Sat1600]

I really don't see a reason to upgrade from a 4770k. That is still a very powerful CPU.

[Wadzinsky]

If you are gaming with 144hz in mind, you'll want to go Intel for the faster single core speeds.  If you're a casual gamer (like me) and 60fps is good enough for you, AMD is cheap performance.

 

I'm a fellow AMD user myself.  I have nothing against Intel, just that AMD has always had better price/performance ratio.  

 

I am currently running a Ryzen 2600 with a GTX 1070.  For all my gaming purposes, I am not a bit disappointed in it.

 

-- also to note, going with AMD will not limit you to 60fps.  My son's computer is nearly identical but with a RTX 2080 and he can get 144fps in some games but it fluctuates.  Generally, he's hitting about 100-135fps