Windsock, Re: One reason is the chipset for the AthWipe eMPty doesn't work with a gigabit ethernet cards.
According to this guy, nothing AMD has ever made, or at least from the K5 on, has ever worked. Makes it sound like AMD ships product with no margin, or no quality, take your pick.
Thus, I was talking to a friend who I've known to have bad luck with AMD setups and asked him to write a flame about everything he felt was wrong with AMD chips. An hour later he sent me the article and I couldn't stop laughing. I've built some AMD systems with my main rig being an AMD as well. I've gone through some AMD hell and could definitely relate to parts of the article. I felt compelled to post it because of its valid points, and because it's damn hilarious.
Now the obvious responses have been, "You're an idiot." "You don't know a thing about building computers." "Your grammar and spelling show you don't know what the hell you're talking about." ETC ETC ETC. This I expected. However, I really feel there are some very valid points made by the article. Put away your fanaticism and objectively think about what's being said. AMD has been known to have compatibility problems very often and the point is that they shouldn't. Sure Intel had their i820 fiasco, but they recalled all the parts and replaced them, they took responsibility. Now there's no doubt AMD is doing some great things, as is Intel. Personally I don't care whether it's AMD, Intel, Transmeta, Cyrix, Alpha, or VIA if the chip is quality and fast. The truth is however that AMD has been plagued with problems and we let them slide because they're the underdog and must beat the terrible Intel. I rooted for AMD all the way, but after reading this it made it clear to me that AMD has a lot of work to do in terms of stability and compatibility. I'm hoping the Hammer will prove to be the wonder chip we've all been waiting for, but for now it's time to face facts. Across the board I feel it's pretty safe to say that users have less problems with Intel setups than AMD. I'm not saying there are no AMD setups that run smoothly because of course there are, AMD wouldn't be in business otherwise.
From the main article:
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Why I Hate AMD - January 25, 2002
Author: Mock
The List
So what are the main problems:
1. Heat
2. Power usage
3. Lack of decent chipsets
4. Cost of motherboards
5. Fragility of chips
6. Speed rating
7. Learn from Intel you morons!
8. Money
I think first and foremost to bitch about is heat. Every AMD chip I've run has been hotter than hell, and that's NOT overclocked (I can't fathom how people overclock these.. might as well put a grill over your heatsink and have a barbeque while looping Serious Sam demos.) The classics should not have had that stupid casing around the CPU since that only held the heat in! Of course, things have gotten better with the quasi-flip-chip design, but heat is still in the range of unacceptable to me. On a hot San Diego day, my system is screwed. So AMD sobered up and decided to add a heat thermode to their new chips.. too bad no motherboard supports it at this time, I believe we all read the articles at Toms Hardware, if not, you should take a look. I was stoked to be able to run my P3 without a fan.. that coupled with an enermax power supply was just a dream.
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Click on the URL for the rest. There are 3 pages, all equally hilarious. Make sure you click on "Click here to read an explanation of the article" at the end of the 3rd page.
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