New desktop AMD or INTEL? Nvidia or ATI ?

#1 Intel quad and nVidia :)

#2 I was whistfully looking into this a few weeks back and it looked like an Intel Q6600 quad-core CPU looked pretty good, and the ATI 4850 card was currently providing the best bang-for-the-buck in the video card department.

#3 Id go intel quad with nvidia, everytime i get an ati card it burns out within 6 months. nvidia cards seem to last forever

#4 Nvidia has released their PhysX enabled drivers, so any card 8000 series or above will work as a PhysX card now. Ati has 3rd party hacked drivers floating around somewhere.

64bit, it's hard to find 32bit anymore, and only a 64bit processor can take advantage of more than 3gig of ram.


I've been toying around with a dual core AMD setup on newegg, 4gig ram, 640gig HD, 9800gtx+ video for a little over $500.
Recently built one for my brother, with an 8800 videocard. Plays crysis with full options shineyness options on nice and smooth.

#5 Usually I would say AMD over Intel, but the new Intel Quads are hard to beat power-wise.

So I'd go with an Intel Quad CPU and a nVidia GPU

#6 Not trying to be crude, but why don't you get an Intel Mac. You can run windows for you development, then just reboot and test on the mac or visa versa. They are very nice computers.

#7 Intel.. quad core.. nvidia motherboard.. sli ram... and nvidia card :) speed is sooooo delicious

#8 Phenom x4 - true quad core, not this half assed attempt by intel to mock cores.

nvidia - ati can't touch em.

#9 Ok, sorry, I asked and disappeared... LOL!

In the end I've chosen for the 32 bit...

Maybe I heard to much legends about problems with a 64 bit CPU , I hope I will not regreat of that choice...

For the moment after 3 weeks of usage I'm very happy with my new
HP Pavilion elite, 32 bit, QUAD Q6600 @ 2.40 ghz, 4gb of ram and NVIDIA 8600GT ...

Just a bit disappointed with my new 22inchs HP monitor w2228h ...
The image quality at the native resolution (1680x1050) is great (a bit worse at lower resolutions) but really not satisfied with the audio performance...
Linked with an HDMI cable the sound is not so good, I had to try with a separate cable for audio... I don't know if this is the problem or the monitor' speakers. Anyway don't wanna use external speakers since I tend to have my desk always full :P

And strangely at the beginning of playing any sound it has a sort of delay, the audio fade in, and so, some times it's difficult to hear the first 1 or 2 (or 3) words if you listen to a tutorial... But I just have seen yesterday this and using it it compile in a breeze... :D

Many tnx for your hints! ;)

#10 Thats the same PC I have. :D

#11 The modern, multicore CPU's are all 64 bit capable, it just depends on what OS you put on them. :)

#12 While it's true the intel quad's are not true quad cores, they still > AMD quads in most cases. Or you could go crazy and get an Intel i7. True quadcores and they mop the floor with anything out there. Look up some benchmarks, it's quite painful for AMD (and that pains me, used to be AMD fanboi for years).

#13 I used to work in processor benchmarking. Intel processors have higher performance.... it's been that way since the Core 2 processors came out. But, with that said, odds are you're never going to be pushing your PC to the max. So AMD might be a more attractive option for your wallet.