micdev wrote:I did some test with AMD processors and wasn't satisfy with the results. Probably I wasn't comfortable with their MOBO, but when optimizing the BIOS, I was in unknown territory and didn't feel confident to use it for Hauptwerk. I had glitches and performance wasn't there.
As I mentioned, AMD is working on improving their products, give them credit for that. Proof is some 50+ bios updates. Gamers, for the most part are very happy with AMD chips. However, systems such as Hauptwerk have different requirements. Personally, I built only 2 AMD systems. Granted that's not a big base for comparison. But I've spent less time tweaking any of the Intel systems overall. One of the AMD systems has worked after quite an amount of fine tuning for over 6 years. The other one has been a total bear. If only I had a reasonable return on the hours I spent chasing down glitches and unexpected behavior, I'd be alot richer than I am. And interestingly, both systems were built with the identical parts list. I kept getting incompatible error messages, not always right away either. We started changing parts. Long story shortened, everything was changed out except the CPU. I finally changed it to an Intel core i7 system with no issues at all.
It appears, after talking to some other Hauptwerk people, if you have a satisfactorily working AMD system, be happy and enjoy it.

Esp if you also use it for gaming.
Rgds,
Ed