Before every AMD release, I always hear crazy statements such as "Zen will dominate so much that the 6950X will drop in price to $200!" or how AMD is going to destroy Nvidia or Intel.  Seriously, every release it's the same old story.  I sort of want it to happen too since both Intel and Nvidia need serious competition from AMD rather than the joke they've been putting on the last few years.  With that said, what induces someone to become an AMD fanboy?  Is it because they can't afford a nice Intel CPU or they hate the "bigger" corporation?  I'd like to hear what you folks think.  Also, feel free to post crazy statements made by AMD fanboys.  I enjoy reading statements made by fanboys of any kind, as they're usually over-the-top.

 
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I honestly don't understand the AMD fanboys myself. Intel + Nvidia is the best. I think they are just in denial.    

AMD hasn't had it's act together on the CPU front in a decade now. I don't see any rational expectation for fanboyism other than people have invested hundreds of dollars into something that doesn't work as well as the competition but works well enough that they don't have buyer's remorse.
 
That being said, for years, AMD did some things right in the GPU market that Nvidia did wrong or just didn't understand how to market properly. There were features for a good half decade on the AMD side that Nvidia didn't cover in the consumer market in a competitive manner. In those cases I can understand the fanboyism for AMD over Nvidia. Heck even AMD Markham does demo builds sometimes using Intel CPUs to show off their GPUs.
 
We all know the score on that front for a decade now. Those that chose to ignore that history are too close to the issue to see the forest through the trees and are monetarily and emotionally invested in something that doesn't quite match up to expectations.

AMD is still playing catchup with Intel and NVIDIA, but some of their items are priced very well versus the performance they give you.

AMD fanboys are just a bunch of tightwads who don't want to pay for a quality product. Enough said?

Some people just pretend to be I think just to stir the pot.

I almost bought an AMD desktop by HP from Walmart around 2006 or 2007 but that was before I knew better. Shortly afterwards HP announced they would no longer use AMD products and that was the clincher for me. I didn't know nothing about nothing at the time. All I know is that it met the minimum specs I needed to play certain games I had purchased.

Shockjockey
Some people just pretend to be I think just to stir the pot.

That might be the case but some are just stubborn old hoots thats never seen what a Real card can do. And there are some that just dont need that much video card just to troll the net.

I don't really understand blind fanboyism of anything really. When it comes down to PC parts, I'm just trying to get the best deal. Ideally, the best deal on a part that I won't have to RMA.
 
I've had many video cards from both sides, AMD video cards are not bad. Crossfire has been a lot more forgiving than SLI from my experiences. Performance on AMD's side may not be exceeding Nvidia's when it comes down to flagship vs flagship... But when it comes down to performance, you get a damn good deal for something that isn't far behind.
 
As for CPU's... I saw AMD exiting that side of the market when they gave up their fab in 2009. However, I believe Global Foundries will catch up to Intel sometime soon, with the recent article I read about Intel and moore's law coming to an end.