AMD was on high side of things until release of Intel Core 2 DUO Processors. They had done very well in sales and everything in most of the countries EXCEPT Pakistan. I feel like AMD did nothing to get hold of the market in Pakistan because last time I inquired, it was I think June last year, there was only ONE Reseller for AMD in a city near ours and no one offered AMD in our city. People over here do want to get computers but most of them want to save money too, that is where AMD could have won over Intel in the past…
I have noticed that after release of Intel’s Core 2 DUO Processors and aggressive price cuts by both AMD and Intel, AMD finally woke up and wants to get hold of things over in Pakistan. Intel has dominated Pakistan’s computer market since years, they can’t be beaten any soon. Plus resellers/dealers will have a hard time selling AMD to their customers because everyone seem to have “Intel is the best” on their mind. It is very true, they look for “Genuine Intel” everywhere! So much that they don’t consider Intel’s Celeron processors “Genuine Intel”!!! Both are of course made by Intel and are not fakes, but try telling that to someone here.
AMD’s official Distributors for Pakistan, IDE@L Systems/IDE@L Distribution Line is “SPAMMING” Intel’s dealers. Yes, you heard that right, they are SPAMMING! and few weeks ago, they offered FREE Motorbike on purchase of AMD Bundle [Asus Mobo+AMD Processor], today there is yet another offer which might make a few resellers greedy. They are offering Car, Laptop, Motorbike, TV, Computer and a cell phone based on the number of AMD Bundles you buy from them!
Intel is going to have a little hard time with their new Core 2 DUO’s too. Reason is simple, the folks in Pakistan, they are so much “Computer Literate :p” that they will prefer Intel Pentium 4/Core DUO 3.4 Ghz over Intel Core 2 DUO 1.86 Ghz! No, not because the first one is cheap but because the first one is 3.4 Ghz and second is 1.86 Ghz!!! Yeah, trying selling that to people here…
Oh and Good Luck AMD!!! and please find your own resellers, don’t SPAM Intel one’s!
AMD se achi chip making or koi kar hi nahin sakta
INSHALLAH
no one can outclass than AMD with suitable low cost
i am pakistani and i found that peoples are crazy about intel dont know is it faster with our havey cost lol just want more GHZ.
one thing is important the resellers of intel are shit in pakistan they usually make noise that AMD is heater lol coz they dont know intels … pentium 4 Pentium D and Pentium EE is todays heater
AMD using Cool & Quiet Technology with 2000mhz Hyper Transport bus that can perform outclas cool and quiet Intels Hypertranspor is slow and make processor too much heat .
but any one who use AMD one time dont replace it with intel
Core2 duo is good chip from intel but isnt perform outclass than AMD
AMD gona Launch its Altair series …
with HT.. 4000MHZ with quad core 512kb each core L2- 2mb L3 -4mb/6mb
with direct conect architechure
AMD ROCKS NOW AND IN FUTURE TOO
MAYBE AMD GONA BUY INTEL
AOA
THE THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE DONOT KNOW WHAT “AMD” HAS TO OFFER . THEY ARE WASTING MONEY ON INTEL AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOFTWARE WORK ON 64-bit PLATFORM AND MANY SOFTWARES ARE ALREADY IN !!! BUT INTEL ONLY SUPPORTS THEM , THAT IS IT WILL ONLY WORK WITH 64-Bit PROGRAMS IF THE PROCESSOR ONLY WANTS TO , IT WILL NOT WORK WITH ALL PROGRAMS. SO MAYBE NOT AT PRESENT BUT IN NEAR FUTURE THERE WILL BE ON LY “AMD”
WITH REGARDS
OMER YOUSAF
Yes AMD rocks with its intuitive design and great performace but the problem is that only people with technical education and using their own thinking (instead of blindly following others in choosing intel)can appreciate this fact. Unfortunaltely we lack such people and to make the situation even worse such people can’t get components of their choice for their AMD based machine in Pakistan and even if some good piece of hardware of their choice is available it costs 3000-4000 rupees more than its being sold online on sites like newegg.com. So to buy motherboard, processor and RAM of my choice I will have to pay almost 9000 extra ruppes. Even idlsys.com claiming to b there official dealer is doing this. You can view price of Athlon 5000+ on their site and its 13000 while newegg is selling it at 156$ i.e almost 9500. So is the case with good motherbaords that you have to pay almost 4000 extra. I know we cant get these things at the same price as offered on newegg.com but the profit margin should be reasonable while currently Its totally unfair. Even one dealer tried to sell me combo of a motherboard and processor at 15000 while its price was mentioned on idlsys.com as almost 4600+7600=12200.
Hope this situation will improve in pakistan.
Regards,
Imran Mehmood
Galaxy.pk is charging way too much on their website.An athlon X3600 cost 59$ on newegg which means about 3600 RS in pakistan but Galaxy.pk is selling it for 6800 RS.Same is the case with ASUS mobo M2N-SLI delux.
This is unbearable.So much profit is unjust.Please if any one from you know how to buy from Newegg.Please do share on this Blog.
Thanks.
Aslam-0-Alaikum
your all frinds are right. There is not compression between AMD and Intel. AMD is moretiem fast that Intell. Intell is only loss of money. I am using AMD since long time ago. First time i use AMD500 and after it i use Duran 1300, athlon 1600xp, athlon 1700xp, athlon 2200XP, athlon 2800XP, and now a days i bought 5600 x2. All these i used at home. But in office i used Intell 3GHz and higher. when i working on intell i feel that it is as slow as PI or PII. AMD not try to marketting in pakistan and here is no dealer of AMD. Someone brought it personely and sell them.
I am parchase a secondhand laptop pentium 4
Please conect my email eddress as soon as
The prise of laptop short to short
thanks
Naveed Sattar Sindhu
City in Multan
I purchased AMD Phenom 9500 X4 processor and other accesories n wasted lot of money on it about 20 days ago but its very upsetting to know that no any good mother board is available here in karachi for the above. I tried AMD dealer Ideal Systems, AGN and lot of other ditrbuters but nothing happened yet, they are just giving false hopes from 20 days that mother boards are coming tomorrow or day after tomorrow or after three days( only topi pahna rahe hain ). Can any one here help me to get phenom X4 compatible good mother board. Thanx
AMD is much better than Intel but the problem is accesories are not available here in Pakistan. I have purchased AMD Phenom processor X4 9500 about a month ago but up till now i m not able to get mother board of it, what a pitty, who will buy AMD in future.
AoA,
Dear All, Its been quit a time since I have been convinced by one of my friends about AMD. Now, I am also about to buy AND assemble an AMD PC on my Own. I have decided to go for an “ATHLON X2 4800+” 2 GB of RAM (CORSAIR 800BUS) AND ALL OTHER THINGS RELATED BUT as I have read above few comments, I do agree that Galaxy.com.pk is quite an expensive one. They really grab a lot of margin in AMD products.
ANY HOW, I am about to Share my search regarding Motherboard PHENOM X4.
GIGABYTE: GA-MA78GM-SH2
I have just read a review in TOMS HARDWARE and this Motherboard was quite impressive even with its integrated VGA. It also have a PCI-express SLOT. IT HAS THE LATEST AMD/ATI GPU AND OVER CLOCKING ability.
in the end I don’t know either, WHERE TO BUY IT???
I have read above about NEWEGG.COM
CAN ANY ONE EXPLAIN HOW CAN WE BUY THIS M-BOARD FROM NEWEGG.COM? IS IT SECURE AND WHAT IS THE EXACT PROCEDURE???
THANKS
RECOMMENDED AMD MOTHERBOARDS
HIGH END AMD CHIPSET 780G FOR BUILT IN FULL HD SUPPORT (HEAVY GRAPHICS) VISTA PREMIUM
GIGABYTE = GA-MA78GM-SH2
ASUS = M3A78-EMH HDMI
ASUS = M3A78-EH
ASUS = M3A-H/HDMI
REGARDS
HAMMAD
PS: PLEASE THIS IS MY PERSONAL RESEARCH YOU MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINION.
WHAT ABOUT Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe???
Any One tried yet?
plz tell me any 1 the minimum price of intel pentium 4 in karachi
I think for AMD Phenom 9500 X4 AM2+ support is required (not sure about MT/s exactly)
You can go to Asus website and see there specifications and cpu support list.
You may check other new boards on Asus website.
asus m2a-vm may support a phenom but upto a limit (2000 MT/s).
See:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0
ASUS CROSSHAIR also suppors phenom I think.
See:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1283&l1=3&l2=101&l3=300&l4=0
I found this motherboard in the price list of http://www.galaxy.pk
shingtech asus has motherboard for amd which will support phenom,,go to technociti 2nd floor opposite unicentre..realtech in unicentre has amd crossfire mobo,,go to unicentre karachi,,,ideal is right now also dealing in intel products..all amd processor are still selling 2500 rs extra in pakistan,,new amd dealer has moved to karachi but their price is also high..there are specific shops dealing with amd in karachi,,regal trade computer centre 2nd floor shop deals with amd,,naz digital plaza, saddar near nishat cinema karachi 2 shops deal with amd customers only..
INTEL CORE 2 QUARD BEATS ALL THE AMD PROCESSORS
ITS TRUE, I KNOW THAT INTEL IS EXPENSIVE BUT THERE PERFORMANCE IS SO GOOD.
MY SYSTEM CONFIGRATION:
PROCESSOR:- CORE 2 QUARD Q6600
MOTHERBOARD:- XFX 680I LT
RAM:- KINGSTON 4GB
GRAFIX CARD:- XFX 8600 GT 512 MB
HARD DRIVE:- 200 GB SEGATES
I PLAY EVERY GAME WITH 1024 RESOLUTION AND HIGH GRAFIX,
BUT I PLAY CRISIS WITH MEDIUM GRAFIX AND 1024 RESOLUTION
THIS MACHINE IS AUSOME
ALL U GAME LOVERS BUY THIS INTEL AND EXPERIENCE,
SHERE YOUR VIEWS IN THAT,
THANKS
JHONNEY
is se bacwas chease koi ho nhi sakte
No doubt AMD has edge over INTEL in many fields with its stunning and over clocking techonlogy but when it comes to AMD’s marketing strategy, it is poor and one cannot find good motherboards for it in local market. I have a worst experience of ASUS motherboards for AMD processor. One can believe I have changed four mother boards in three years. I do not
find a durable mother board for my Athlon 64 socket 754. Not only this but there are not used AMD based machines in the markets like Regal or else. Even a high official of so-called sole importer of AMD in Pakistan IDEAL DISTRIBUTION LINE told me that they are not given a positive response against all these issues by AMD. If AMD wants to beat INTEL in Pakistani market then it has to consider the marketing problems and satisfy the needs of customers by providing them good motherboards and accessories on reasonable prices.
All,
I had a really BAD experience with AMD. I bought an AMD (754) 2800+ and ASUS motherboard 3-years back. I admit that it was the best gaming PC I ever had but due to lack of proper support from the retailer and changing motherboards 2-3 times I have finally turned my head back to Intel. I still have the processor with me locked in my draw….
But one has to admit that the new Core 2 Duo architecture from Intel is much better than AMD X2 and Phenom series, I am not trying to market Intel, but this is the way things are.
Good New Guys! Check the Ideal website. They are not selling AMD any more (i think). HELL only Intel systems on the website. No what can u expect
Well yes IDL is selling INTEL but they do sell AMD as well. Again same reason INTEL dominates the local market and perception of a common man. Nobody would like his motherboard to be in warranty claim for three or more times in a warranty period of three years. I am an AMD lover but my past experience forces me to switch to INTEL.
Let’s face it guys, it’s all about Intel in Pakistan…