Which has the best processor for design desktops?
Graphic animation, video production, audio/music production, special effects, gaming, etc.

AMD, who owns ATI.

Ask a stupid question, get an answer upon whose consideration you feel you have asked a stupid question.

def. AMD.

AMD, who owns ATI.

Ask a stupid question, get an answer upon whose consideration you feel you have asked a stupid question.
What for like a whole week?
Wow. What's your point?

Which has the best processor for design desktops?
Graphic animation, video production, audio/music production, special effects, gaming, etc.
Wisdom has it that AMD is best for gaming and Intel best for all the other stuff you mention so, um, it's not votable.

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1. Juggling.
2. Chess, possibly (I haven't bothered to read that full thread).
3. Dancing.

We're making real progress here. Any more? Come on, don't be shy..

What for like a whole week?
Wow. What's your point?

The best chips for graphics, naturally, are GPUs. The ones owned by AMD, that is, those made by ATI, are far superior to those owned and made by Intel.

Incidentally, I've added another cool skill to the list. We've now determined that you are good at:

1. Juggling.
2. Chess, possibly (I haven't bothered to read that full thread).
3. Dancing.

He has yet to prove it. I am trying to get a game with him.

Intel is far ahead of AMD, and now that Apple uses Intel chip's the cash flow will push Intel further...can't get around it. Of course competitiion is good to keep Intel from nickel and diming with new realeases.

I checked on the AMD websites, and I cannot seem to figure out their processors. I can categorize intel processors easy.

1. Core Duo 2
2. Core Duo
3. Core Solo
4. Pentium D
5. P4 Hyperthread
6. P4
7. Celeron D
8. Celeron

Intel is far ahead of AMD, and now that Apple uses Intel chip's the cash flow will push Intel further...can't get around it. Of course competitiion is good to keep Intel from nickel and diming with new realeases.

:mad:

AMD has historically had significantly more efficient CPUs, and I have supported them since the K6 days. However, Intel's re-imagining of the PIII in the Centrino and now Core 2 designs get me right in the CPU design guts.

I like 'em. Short pipeline, wide system. Very nuevo-RISC

The Quad CPU designs currently favor AMD, and they still have a leg-up on bandwidth with thier HyperTransport system. But until the quad CPU's are readily available, I'd go Core 2 Duo unless you find a really good deal.

I checked on the AMD websites, and I cannot seem to figure out their processors. I can categorize intel processors easy.

1. Core Duo 2
2. Core Duo
3. Core Solo
4. Pentium D
5. P4 Hyperthread
6. P4
7. Celeron D
8. Celeron

Slave mentality. You have obviously been affected by their marketing tactics and are too brainwashed to think for yourself. Why don't you try doing some real research?

AMD has historically had significantly more efficient CPUs, and I have supported them since the K6 days. However, Intel's re-imagining of the PIII in the Centrino and now Core 2 designs get me right in the CPU design guts.

I like 'em. Short pipeline, wide system. Very nuevo-RISC

The Quad CPU designs currently favor AMD, and they still have a leg-up on bandwidth with thier HyperTransport system. But until the quad CPU's are readily available, I'd go Core 2 Duo unless you find a really good deal.

I had a K6, they got pretty hot which is why i tended to overlook AMD chip's.

If i were building a water cooled gaming rig maybe but the again i prefer NVidia cards and also the NVidia chipsets too.:)

Slave mentality. You have obviously been affected by their marketing tactics and are too brainwashed to think for yourself. Why don't you try doing some real research?
I checked on the AMD websites, and I cannot seem to figure out their processors. I can categorize intel processors easy.

1. Core Duo 2
2. Core Duo
3. Core Solo
4. Pentium D
5. P4 Hyperthread
6. P4
7. Celeron D
8. Celeron

I checked on the AMD websites, and I cannot seem to figure out their processors. I can categorize intel processors easy.

1. Core Duo 2
2. Core Duo
3. Core Solo
4. Pentium D
5. P4 Hyperthread
6. P4
7. Celeron D
8. Celeron

Slave mentality. You have obviously been affected by their marketing tactics and are too brainwashed to think for yourself. Why don't you try doing some real research?

Instead of just repeating ourselves, he's a rough comparison (exact matches aren't possible, the products are different, and all my own opinion), based off of the current list of AMD Proc's:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html

1. AMD Athlon 64 X2 > Core Duo 2
2. Turion™ 64 X2 ~ Core Duo
3. Athlon 64 > Core Solo
4. AMD Sempron ~ Pentium D
5. Athlon 64 > P4
*P4 Hyperthread (the hyperthreading is a feature of the P4, not a sub-design)
7. Mobile AMD Sempron ~ Celeron D
8. Turion™ 64 ~ Celeron

also, not officially released, but the upcoming quad-core designs:
9. AMD 4x4 > Kentfield

and last, the server/workstations:
10. Xeon ~ Opteron


edit: the real comparisons you need to consider for your needs are
1) cost
2) performance

Do you want a powerful and profesional workstation, and can you afford one? In the $2000->$7000 range?
What about the Pro-sumer range; not as expensive as the pro workstations, but pretty darn good - in the $1000 - $3000 range.
Or are you looking to fiddle around on the cheap? You can home-build and Athlon 64 desktop for under $1000.

the Celeron and Mobile AMD offerings are not really what you want, since the OP mentioned "design *desktops*"