Vendors Choosing AMD over Intel in 20-Inch All-in-One PC Market
Vendors Choosing AMD over Intel in 20-Inch All-in-One PC Market
Posted 09/17/2009 at 9:00am
| by Paul Lilly
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It seems as though Intel dominates every sector of the PC market, from netbooks and nettops (Atom processor) on up to ultra high-end setups (Core i7 975). But one area in which AMD seems to have the edge is in 20-inch and above all-in-one PCs.
Citing un-named sources at PC vendors, DigiTimes says vendors are shying away from Intel's Atom platform for larger all-in-one desktops due to the chips under performing graphics. And while some will end up adopting Intel's regular platform for 20-inch and larger all-in-ones, most are expected to turn to AMD, who can offer a better price-to-performance ratio.
To some extent, this is already happening. Acer's Gateway ZX2301 with an 18.5-inch display is built around AMD's Athlon 2650e processor, BenQ's nScreen i91 and i221 with 18.5-inch and 21.5-inch displays utilize the chip maker's Sempron U210 CPU, MSI's AE2010 with a 20-inch screen is powered by the Athlon 2650e, and HP's TouchSmart IQ780tw with 19-inch display comes equipped with a Turion 64 X2 TL-58 CPU.
Should all-in-ones become a bit more prominent, it will be interesting to see how Intel responds.
Image Credit: BenQ
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Bender2000
September 17, 2009 at 10:59am
Seems that this is the new frontier for LAN machines. When is Alienware or Voodoo going to hop on this form factor and give us an all in one that can run Crysis? When is Gordon going to hack one of these things to do the same thing? That would be a fun article.
SuperiorBeing
September 17, 2009 at 7:16pm
That'll happen as soon as mobile graphics cards can handle Crysis, because they generally have a lot of mobile parts, or desktop parts with a low tdp.
MeTo
September 17, 2009 at 9:06am
Why not go for it they can save $50 on production and we get a faster machine. These machines will do everything 75% of the the PC users want to do.
pl4t0
September 17, 2009 at 10:42am
I'd be so bol as to say it'd do more than what roughly 95% of PC users want it to.
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