im a fan of no corporation especially not fucking amd, but they have been so much better than intel recently that im struggling to understand why anyone still buys intel

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Of all the CPU and GPU manufacturers out there, AMD is the most consistently pro-consumer with the least corporate fuckery, so I take mighty exception at your 'especially not fucking amd' comment.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most of the shopping I've been helping people with lately has been for laptops. And while there are slightly more AMD options then before laptops are still dominated by Intel for the most part. Especially if you're trying to help someone pick something while on a tighter budget.

[–] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

thats fair if u are looking for the cheapest laptops basically nothing is amd, also i bet most people dont know what those powered by x stickers even mean nor care and honestly why should they. i didnt consider that, i was more thinking about people making their own pcs but it is also wierd that laptop manufacturers and oems prefer intel so much maybe efficiency is the biggest factor i know amds cpus tend to be more power hungry

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's so bad about AMD? They seem a lot better than Intel imo.

[–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are bad at writing software and firmware support is sketchy. That second point is technically the motherboard vendors fault but it could be due to confusing design and documentation on the AMD side. Hardware-wise they are great AFAIK.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Amd has always run really lean in terms of employees which hurts their quality imo. In 2016 (a year before ryzen 1 came out amds lowest point quality wise) intel had ~100k employees, at the same time amd had a little over 8000 and supported a wider portfolio of products, today amd is up to about 30k and it shows (although until last week intel was also up to 130k)