POLL: Should AMD Stop Making CPUs?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Here was a thing I was wondering about. Since Intel CPUs seem to be the norm these days, should AMD stop making CPUs and just focus on graphics cards? I am an AMD fanboy for GPUs (been using them since AGP!) but I really havent seen a reason to use an AMD CPU. Post your opinions below!

[LiamApex]

hmm tricky we need someone to lower intels prices, that's all i like them for coudnt care less thow

[Thorium19]

Wait for Zen, see how that does. If zen is just bulldozer 2.0 then yes, they probably should, or at least just focus on APUs instead.

[Chris_R.]

Intel isn't lowering their prices for amd stuff lol I can clearly see that. $400 for a Skylake come on M8

[Godlygamer23]

Altogether? No. At this point, they're our only hope for some actual competition for Intel. Yes, it still looks bleak, but AMD is all we've got.

[Manny Calavera]

Well if they got anything good with APUs in their sleeves sure. Since gpu part can help cpu part be stronger etc.

 

To drop CPUs and APUs is not good for anyone. 

[Zeke]

The Intel fanboy in me says "yes", but market monopoly isn't nice*. Even if it's your favourite vendor.

 

 

 

*Does not apply to Dark Souls games

[iamdarkyoshi]

Altogether? No. At this point, they're our only hope for some actual competition for Intel. Yes, it still looks bleak, but AMD is all we've got.

 

hmm tricky we need someone to lower intels prices, that's all i like them for coudnt care less thow

I guess keeping intel from turning a $200 CPU into a $500 CPU is certainly a point I did not think of.

[CydiaDash]

Of course not, no competition is bad for a company [intel]

[Bangflop]

I think AMD is important for budget builds and so that Intel doesn't have a monopoly on the industry. A little friendly competition is good for the general consumers.

[xAcid9]

Split the company and bring back ATI. /s

[Bogica]

Remember when you could buy a brand new i5 2500k for 200$, well I remember, what's with the latest ones? WTH Intel?
Anyway, I like AMD, their CPUs are great for the price. Their GPUs are great for the price too. Not fanboying, I'm running Intel in both desktop and laptop, but I wouldn't want AMD to go away.

The only reason my current GPU is not Nvidia (After 10 years of Nvidia), is because I could get an R9 270 for 15e less than a GTX 750 which it beats by about 30%. So why the hell would I buy a 750? The same goes for Intel, if it's not a gaming PC, why would I want such an overpowered processor? For office tasks and company PCs Athlons could easily do the job, APUs too, whatever, you name it, for a fraction of the price.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Turnip is being beaten by no!

[The Official Czex]

Here was a thing I was wondering about. Since Intel CPUs seem to be the norm these days, should AMD stop making CPUs and just focus on graphics cards? I am an AMD fanboy for GPUs (been using them since AGP!) but I really havent seen a reason to use an AMD CPU. Post your opinions below!

 

AMD is what keeps Intel going. Without AMD, Intel CPU's will be more haphazardly engineered. There's no competition for Intel to HAVE to make decent CPU's.

[TheExtra404]

I guess keeping intel from turning a $200 CPU into a $500 CPU is certainly a point I did not think of.

yep, that would be my biggest reason for hoping that AMD keeps pumping these processors out. Intel already has the majority of the market and their prices are at a premium. If they dont have AMD around the prices and more importantly the level of progress would go even slower overall.

[Prysin]

Well if they got anything good with APUs in their sleeves sure. Since gpu part can help cpu part be stronger etc.

 

To drop CPUs and APUs is not good for anyone. 

in theory, using OpenCL 2.0 and HSA, you could turn a APU into a massive CPU with 4x CPU cores and 12X async compute cores working on purely CPU tasks... i read a article of some students in the US making a botched driver to do this, and a old Richland APU was kicking Xeons in the nuts...

 

OFC, if you do this, you basically have the compute power of a R9 250 + a 3GHz Athlon 860k....

[Manny Calavera]

in theory, using OpenCL 2.0 and HSA, you could turn a APU into a massive CPU with 4x CPU cores and 12X async compute cores working on purely CPU tasks... i read a article of some students in the US making a botched driver to do this, and a old Richland APU was kicking Xeons in the nuts...

 

OFC, if you do this, you basically have the compute power of a R9 250 + a 3GHz Athlon 860k....

yea, they just need to sort out integer compute.

 throw 2 more cores in or something.

[Nena Trinity]

Why should they stop? My FX-8370 is doing awesome in all games at stock speeds! :3

[Shoob]

AMD APUs offer the best performance for their price for budget systems when using the iGPU, even for laptops. Also the Athlons are pretty good for entry level gaming PCs. It's their FX series that are pretty outdated and they don't have high end CPUs at all (apart from Opterons). Zen is pretty interesting too. I see no reason why they should stop producing CPUs.

[iamdarkyoshi]

It started out yes, then turnip, then no

[Avalen]

They shouldn't and they won't.

[Guest trucker2]

There simply no intel option for gaming 2 to 3 hudred dollar range that comes close to the APU's

Drop in a GTX 770 and you have a killer system that performs close to skyjunk.

Here is the annandtech review of skyjunk with a gtx 770 and R9 285 with an a10 7850k for comparison.

I feel bad for the people who paid 200 bucks more then I did for half a fps......

http://anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/21

 

Even more embarrassing is this broadwell benchmark with some 999 dollar intel chip getting beat by an a10 7850k with the 285 and just beating the A10 with a 770

If skyjunk is neck and neck with my A10 7850k that I got for 110 bucks MB included it is a massive fail.

It will be a business success due to rank fanboyism.

Here is the bradwell benchmarks:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9320/intel-broadwell-review-i7-5775c-i5-5675c/8

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[arnavvr]

I think they should split and make ATI again. AMD made better CPUs back then, and ATI made better GPUs

[juretrn]

If anything, they need to get their shit together (Zen, hopefully?) so Intel finally stops sleeping on their laurels and starts improving performance on their parts.