AMD and Intel Forums

[QuickSilver]

Sometimes I think it could be a good idea to have a forum for AMD and a forum for Intel.

[i3OSS]

yeh, i brought that point up too but they brought up a good point that INTEL fans will go into the AMD forums and flame and vice versa.

[QuickSilver]

Well, there would have to be a rule against that. I am willing to moderate them if that is an option that they will consider.

[Force Flow]

It's really more trouble than it's worth.

[QuickSilver]

I think it could be very usefull. A lot of guys would use it. It would be nice to have a couple of seperate forums where noobs could go into and ask questions about a certain chip without other peeps puting them down for asking a stupid question, or worse yet, making a flame war out of the inacent question.

[Nuclear Krusader]

I don't think it would be really useful.

As for flaming that is a foreign thing to these forums. Flamers get banned real quick.

[Force Flow]

I don't the the terms "nice" and "flame war" go together.

[TwoRails]

I think it's fine as it is. Intel people answer threads on Intel questions, and AMD people answer AMD questions. Some people can help with both. And sometimes answers can be applied to both brands of procs.

[Tin]

i think its a great idea. if there are flamers about, they would be posting on some of the threads already out there.

[kram 2.0]

I don't see the biggest advantage of that, considering that AMD and Intel are both good. It would be useless to redirect a new builder to one option over the other thinking that since more users are persuasive with AMD, that they should just go to AMD. A forum for all would predicate the system around the person's need and not the others' persuasiveness.

kram

[doctorgonzo]

I see no reason for it. What needs can't be met by the current forums that would be met by separate AMD/Intel forums? Unless that question can be answered, there is no need to change things for the sake of changing them.

[Panama Red]

ABXzone uses the split forum format for Intel and AMD and the one advantage I see is the ease of viewing a particular product area. Someone interested in strictly AMD opionions would have an easier time of finding info in one area. We need to remember, these forums are not read just by those of us who post here as registered members. There are a LOT of people who just come by to gather info or research their problem. Think of it as a library of computer info. Would you want to mix the Mystery Novels and Adventure Novels in your library and then have to paw thru all the various titles to find something of interest? Providing separate data bases for two of the most often discussed areas here would be a real plus. We all know where the "Report this post to a moderator" tag is in the event that someone crosses the 'no flaming' line. I vote YES.

[darkside]

i vote yes but keep the processor/oc forum open to amd+intel questions. this way someone looking for advice can get a non biased opinion(ish)

Nathan

[QuickSilver]

The reason for having a separate forum for each is not to give either brand leverage over the other (which is an improbable case), but to provide a simpler and more organized means by which to gather specific information on a given line. I agree that the over clocking forum should be left open; it’s one of my personal favorites, but I think that we should take whatever means we can to make information as easy to find as possible. I also think that separate forums might help to lessen the amount of confusion a new visitor might feel when browsing through our massive content. It would provide a more objective means of research. I can’t see a down side personally.

[kstatefan40]

Why not make an AMD and Intel sub-forum? That way, general posters can post in the main forum, while other, more brand specific posts can go in specific places. I think its a good idea.

[M. A. Dockter]

Our policy is to not create an environment that is partisan in any manner.

[Tin]

if you would like a good model of split forums, go over and have a gander at ocforums.com, if they have ANY processor related flame war, its always in the mixed forum and not the sub forum ;). just some food for thought. i believe Panama Red has the most well rounded philosophy about the mixed forum. it really can be a pain to go through all of those threads. IMO there would be nothing making it partisan. as long as you include subforums for both AMD and Intel, youre showing that youre not favoring any one manufacturer. what if you named the motherboard, proc, and ocing forum the "AMD and Intel" forum? same difference ;). not only that, but our current members are quick to snuff the beginnings of a flame thread...example, a thread labeled "AMD vs Intel", which i have seen a few of. our fellow PC Mechers are quick to ease the situations with the biased and the uninformed. like Panama Red said, this place also serves as a library. VB3 was a nice change, but lets be a little more specific here. we're professionals, and professionalism shows refinement :).

[QuickSilver]

Our policy is to not create an environment that is partisan in any manner.

I don't see how that would be a problem. BTW, like the new avatar Dock!

[kram 2.0]

Our policy is to not create an environment that is partisan in any manner.
I'd have to agree with that - I'm not for an Individual forum, as splitting it up would do little, but perhaps create more flaming and such. We may have our general preferences (AMD/Intel, ATI/nVidia) or whatnot. Remember that this is a friendly help forum, not one that should be slanted in favor of the other distinctly from entering the forums. As I aforementioned, a forum is best when it is predicated around a peron's needs, not the extent to which one group of people can pursuade over the other.

kram

[M. A. Dockter]

Our policy is to not create an environment that is partisan in any manner.

I don't think you guys are feeling me on this one. Our policy is as stands, and I do not feel that specific forums orientated to one side, the other, or both would create more good than it would more flaming and more needs for staff to baby sit it. These forums will not be created.

[mb26]

you guys are all forgetting the important question, what about VIA??

anyway,
I agree with M A Dockter.. 'noobs' dont really have a preferance, and so should be advised by both. also i think people who know nothing about the CPUs have a superficial preferance for Intel rather than AMD, as they are the market leader (i am in no way implying that people who buy intel CPUs know nothing :) ). if u were to ask AMD or Intel they will say Intel 9 times out of 10, not because of its higher bus speed or larger cache (i'm not implying that an intel CPU is, or is not, superior), but because it is a name they know better- most ready built PCs have intel processors, so they have probably had one before too. and they may know nothing of AMD. i mean, we'd have had loads of people with Celeron C's if there was an intel and an AMD forum.
anyway there would be no place for comparison or cross-platform questioning.. whilst i guess most of you 'veterans' would like that, its not very helpful to 'a noob', or anyone trying to get all the facts about what CPU is best for them to buy.
it would also encourage people to not look at what 'the competition' has to offer.