hans030390
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Interesting "argument".
It was people here saying that Trinity would be very popular because of the IGP. We already know how that turned out with Llano vs Sandy Bridge, and Intel has narrowed their gap to AMD when it comes to the IGP with Ivy Bridge.
Intel already has a massive CPU advantage, and now AMD's IGP advantage is dwindling and will be completely gone next year. Given most consumers would go with Intel 9/10 times, especially since they're competitive in pricing and all other areas, what's AMD gonna do to attract people? People that want to game on their laptops on the cheap makes a tiny sector of the market; a small niche. If all AMD is gonna target is a niche segment then you won't see their market share increase by any significant number in comparison to Intel. Llano targeted that small niche, and we all know how that ended out.
I was under the impression that Llano laptops did quite well. Could be wrong.
Either way, I don't doubt that Intel will eventually catch up. And, yes, from a purely CPU perspective, Intel wins. However, in the $500-600 price range, you aren't going to see any Intel laptops that beat out a decent Trinity laptop when it comes to budget gaming.
Let's consider games like League of Legends (which has tens of millions of registered players). Trinity = win for stuff like that. I might even sell my R1 M11x for a nice Trinity laptop, as the ULV, 1.3GHz C2D in that isn't so great.