First AMD Game PC reviewed
Hebrew homebrew
THE FIRST AMD GAME PC has been tried and tested according to an Israeli news site, which says it will definitely give the competition a run for their money.
Ynet, the Israeli news site belonging to Yediot Aharanot, claims that Tech Data, an Israeli computer distributor, gave it a prototype of a new AMD Game! machine to play around with before anyone else got their grubby paws on it.
AMD announced it would be launching a new badge for computers called AMD Game! (sic), based on the Spider and Cartwheel gaming platforms. The new machines are supposed to fall within the $600-$1500 price range, which AMD is convinced will make its machines an attractive option to serious gamers and multimedia fanatics.
The prototype computer used AMD hybrid graphics and the review noted that the HD3200 (AMD 780G) offered double the power of Intel's X3500 GMA.
Tech data told Ynet that it would be selling the machines with Vista pre-installed as the default operating system.
A Ynet reviewer wrote "Older games ran very well on it, Vista Ultimate ran on it....like XP". Whatever that means!
Ynet summed up to say that AMD's hybrid graphics are very far from being just a novelty or sideline item and that the Cartwheel platform does deliver on the company's promises.
Price and quality wise, the Ynet reviewers reckon the new AMD Game computers would most definitely give both Intel and Nvidia a run for their money and that it would represent very strong competition in the competitive gaming market.
It added that AMD seemed to be much better placed with this new product than it had been a year ago, so there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel. µ
L'Inq
Ynet
(in Hebrew!)
Comments
Game Alert
Yo sexywell. AMD Game! is a good thing, as people dont need to know rocket science to get into pc games
No contradictions
Indeed, it is hard to find fault with any part of the article.Tech Data
As far as I know Tech Data is a multinational distribution company (one of the biggest) in the tech sector, so saying it's "Israeli" 'cos the local subsidiary sent off a PC to an Israeli news site is a bit like saying Dell is Korean it's subsidiary sent off a PC to a local (Korean) news site.other than that, my hebrew sucks, but if what I see in those graphs is the 780G platform running games like Crysis - then AMD Game is doomed right from the get go...
Rip Off
"The new machines are supposed to fall within the $600-$1500 price range, which AMD is convinced will make its machines an attractive option to serious gamers and multimedia fanatics."Ha! $600 to $1,500 for a "gaming rig" from AMD, thanks but no thanks. I'd rather spend my money on real gaming systems.
Wii = $250
PS3 = $400
360 = $300
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$900
Uh..
To the person who commented that this is a rip off.Please let me know whether those video games systems are any good for
word processing
video editing
photochopping
[portable usage as in laptop]
[user servicable as in a desktop]
and the rest that go along with it.
pcs are productivity based. games are a bonus. simple as that
real gaming? consoles? bah
in my country, which is a third-world farking low-economy country, mid-end gaming PCs are much cheaper than current-gen consoles.my custom built:
E7200 ($130), 2Gb 6400 ($45), 3870 ($180), 17" LCD ($180), PSU ($45), HDD ($60), DVDRW ($40), case+etc ($35), Biostar mobo ($85), XP SP3 ($80)
totalling $880
I can gear that up for another ~$200 with 6.1 speakers and wireless gaming pheriperals, or entirely going the AMD-ATI route which costs lower. I can play old gen titles, emulators (PS2!), as well as the newest titles.
console:
PS3 ($450) or
Wii ($300) or
X360 ($350)
cheaper? No,...
because you still have to add the TV for the consoles, the cheapest one you can find is a 30" LCD TV for $700, add a 6.1 home theater set for $300, buy the extra controlers, whoa! Not to mention extra costs if you're being unlucky and getting RRoD or overheating issue. Oh and can you play Dreamcast arcade games or NES games? I guess not.
so yeah, ppl having game consoles should shut the f*ck up saying that a game console is cheap and all. Besides, what else can you function it as other than gaming and gaming and gaming, while PCs can do practically everything you want.
gg AMD. PC gaming needs innovative moves like this.
High end gaming rigs
Pre built mid-high end gaming PC's always strike me as odd. Who buys them?Every single one of my mates who plays PC games have built thier PC themselves.
AMD's slogan for this should be "Lazy or stupid? with too much money? get the AMD Game!"
Low end stuff
Against 8400GS and 8500GT? Gotta be joking!! Many average and even not so rich gamers are already using better GPUs than that, especially because they want to play the latest and greatest stuff... Mass Effect anyone? Thumbs down for AMD Game machine...."Hebrew homebrew"?
What part of it was made in Israel?Gaming ?
AMD needs to learn what a Game PC is, thoughs relults are pathetic. My 2 1/2 year old gaming PC smokes that thing hands down.