03-11-2011, 02:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-11-2011, 02:17 PM by getsomepie.)
I have a few AMD cards in my low-budget builds and some AMD CPUs in my med/low-budget builds.
The primary reason I didn't include them is that their cards plain out don't perform as well as nVidia cards, however they are very power/heat-efficient, so if that's something of large concern then they are no doubt something to consider. I mainly built this list off of sheer performance in most cases, and nVidia wins there. If you want to save some money on energy (it may come out cheaper in the end if you pay for your own electricity) then the 6970 is a great alternative to the 570.
AMD CPUs just are plain out not good for high-end builds. High-end AMD CPUs utilize 6 cores, and since games only use 2-4 cores, some of the CPU power would be lost, and Intel CPUs generally perform better per core.
The primary reason I didn't include them is that their cards plain out don't perform as well as nVidia cards, however they are very power/heat-efficient, so if that's something of large concern then they are no doubt something to consider. I mainly built this list off of sheer performance in most cases, and nVidia wins there. If you want to save some money on energy (it may come out cheaper in the end if you pay for your own electricity) then the 6970 is a great alternative to the 570.
AMD CPUs just are plain out not good for high-end builds. High-end AMD CPUs utilize 6 cores, and since games only use 2-4 cores, some of the CPU power would be lost, and Intel CPUs generally perform better per core.
(03-11-2011, 02:15 PM)Nemmyy Wrote: Cool guide, but you have a lot of prices wrong and it could be organized a lot better. You can have the component names/descriptions be a link so we don't have to see both.I made it on 2/13/11 off of Newegg's USD prices. I'll have to go through and check if anything has had a price drop/increase since then.
I like the dream machine section :p