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[–] somethingold@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Just upgraded from an i7-6600k to an RX 7800x3D. Obviously a big upgrade no matter if I went AMD or Intel but I'm loving this new CPU. I had an AMD Athlon XP in the early 2000's that was excellent so I've always had a positive feeling towards AMD.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

AMD has had a history of some pretty stellar chips, imo. The fx series just absolutelty sucked and tarnished their reputation for a long time. My Phenom II x6, though? Whew that thing kicked ass.

Oh yeah I had one of those before my 4790k

[–] foodvacuum@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Intel Pentium D era sucked compared to the Athlon 64 II x2 from what I remember. I had an Athlon 64 3000+ just before the dual core era. Athlon 64 era was great

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

I played through mass effect 3 when it was new on a discount AMD laptop with an igpu. Granted it was definitely not on max setting, but it wasn't with everything turned all the way down either.