Asking the question on the EVGA forums is a bit rhetorical though. It's not like you'll get a straight answer around here to the question. It would be like going on Huff Post and asking what induces someone to be a conservative. It's not going to be a thought-provoking, serious set of enlightened posts on the topic. You've got to consider why someone would even ask the question on this forum? That last time EVGA was invested in the idea of AMD was 2006. Back when Nvidia played nice with everyone and still made mobo chipsets.

Brad_Hawthorne
Asking the question on the EVGA forums is a bit rhetorical though. It's not like you'll get a straight answer around here to the question. It would be like going on Huff Post and asking what induces someone to be a conservative. It's not going to be a thought-provoking, serious set of enlightened posts on the topic. You've got to consider why someone would even ask the question on this forum? That last time EVGA was invested in the idea of AMD was 2006. Back when Nvidia played nice with everyone and still made mobo chipsets.

Or, it would like posting on tomshardware, or other familiar sites, and asking what induces someone to become an Nvidia fanboy?

I'll say though that you will tend to get a more "neutral" answer when asking which avenues to take on deciding on choosing between Intel and AMD, on EVGA website.

I always choose whatever gives me the best performance. Graphics cards can go either way for me but Intel is the obvious choice for a processor. I can only attribute someone's choice of an AMD processor over Intel to some sort of genetic abnormality that requires some sort of medical intervention. This is definitely a cause for concern.

gridironcpj
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.

Regardless of what they may say it all comes down to not being able to afford Nvidia and/or Intel.

Personally i have AMD, i am not a fanboy though i just have my preference, i moved from Intel years back and yes the price helps as it's cheaper but i also saw no difference in performance between the two, i am running an 8-core cpu now and find that it performs better for what i need, Intel is great if you are all about gaming but i find that AMD do well on all fronts and not just gaming, but what i do see here is a bunch of Intel "fanboys" putting down a CPU because of the brand, but in reality, CPU's are all the same, they do the same thing at pretty much the same speed, maybe the max temps are different, unfortunately though a higher price doesn't always mean better quality or performance, some people are blind to this and buy Intel because it costs more therefore must be better.

Oh and before you argue that point let me just say this, Nvidia, Titan release price compared to GTX 1080 release price...... 1080 is cheaper but has much better performance, backing up the fact that a high price doesn't mean a better product all of the time.

Lots of drugs and brain damage.

Clickalot
Lots of drugs and brain damage.

I'm not aware of any drugs that could impare your judgement that bad but serious head trauma suffered as a child is a definite possibilty.

Clickalot
Lots of drugs and brain damage.

I literally lol'd
 

scott28280
Personally i have AMD, i am not a fanboy though i just have my preference, i moved from Intel years back and yes the price helps as it's cheaper but i also saw no difference in performance between the two, i am running an 8-core cpu now and find that it performs better for what i need, Intel is great if you are all about gaming but i find that AMD do well on all fronts and not just gaming, but what i do see here is a bunch of Intel "fanboys" putting down a CPU because of the brand, but in reality, CPU's are all the same, they do the same thing at pretty much the same speed, maybe the max temps are different, unfortunately though a higher price doesn't always mean better quality or performance, some people are blind to this and buy Intel because it costs more therefore must be better.

Oh and before you argue that point let me just say this, Nvidia, Titan release price compared to GTX 1080 release price...... 1080 is cheaper but has much better performance, backing up the fact that a high price doesn't mean a better product all of the time.

Those who do not claim themselves to be a fanboy, but accuse others of bashing a particular group because of a simple question about being a fanboy towards a certain company, is indeed a fanboy. Not one time did we "bash" you, but merely ask a simple question, "What makes a fanboy?" If you scrolled up, sir, you would see that I twisted the same question, in the direction of what makes an NVidia fanboy, an actual NVidia/fanboy? You clearly need to calm down kimosavi. After all, I think you're getting more neutral comments on this site than other sites. Other sites would be knocking you out of your shoes right now.

Same reason any fanboy exists.  Immaturity, Ignorance, stupidity, inability to compare products based on their own merrit.  AMD CPU's aren't the best, but for me they are competitive when it comes to cost and my 8370 is doing very well in my games etc, and I have no complaints with at at all.
 
Most Intel fan boys have never even used an AMD CPU and so don't even have the experience to make a reasonable comparison other than jumping on the bandwagon of ignorance, insulting people rigs while being completely ignorant, throwing out terms like "ohhh bottle neck" without even understanding what that even means, they often just see AMD and instantly hate because by hating they can cover up their own limitations and experience.
 
Both platforms have strengths and weaknesses, as a gamer I can have an A+ experience on an AMD machine that's within my affordability.