AMD vs Intel: high end duel between the FX-9590 and i7-4960X

The AMD vs Intel battle is always present on the hardware world , but when it comes to the high end of each of the companies this battle goes big. Thanks to Extreme Tech we bring you a collection of the most interesting of the latter confrontation AMD vs Intel , each represented by its more powerful processor : the FX- 9590-5 Ghz Core AMD and Intel i7- 4960X .

When in the day announced that AMD was going to start selling a FX series processor - factory running at 5 Ghz , the reactions were quite controversial . For one, AMD back to their roots again offering a significantly faster chip than any we had seen so far. On the other hand , even with a 5 Ghz processor it was difficult to compete with Intel Haswell and Ivy Bridge- E . So the guys from Extreme Tech have decided to focus its analysis to Gaming, the platform for AMD originally thought FX processors .

For testing , have proven both platforms ( AMD vs Intel) with two graphics cards in each : A R9 AMD Radeon 290x and AMD Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU . High -end graphics cards for high-end processors .

In this article we will make just a brief summary of the most significant data , but we invite you to read the original source of the news bound to the end of this article .