AMD has been beating Intel on discrete GPU performance for a while now, this doesn't come as a huge shock. It's one of the few things AMD can hang their hat on (other than being better chips for the price/performance ratio... but even there Intel is catching up).

I just built a rig for my sister with one of those Trinity APU chips (A8-5600K) and was really impressed with it. Had smooth framerates at high settings on modern games, could multitask really well and it runs really cool even with the stock heatsink... all for $99 (on sale). I could've upgraded to Intel but the prices were just too high for her budget.

I wouldn't exactly say suck eggs to Intel, but I am pleased for AMD.  This PS4 deal will do a lot for the company, not just in terms of sales but also in raising its corporate and public profiles.  I read recently that AMD hired a couple of power players, one with massive portable experience and the other a chipset specialist, so sunnier days for AMD may be just around the corner.

That may be true of the GPUs [I wouldn't know as I use Nvidia] but the gap is closing in CPU performance with the latest FX series, and AMD's lower price point, more bang for the buck, will help keep them in the hunt.  And then there's the high profile players they recently snared from Apple, IBM and Microsoft. 

I really hope AMD turns its fortunes around and, with the help of its new employees, becomes a force in both the CPU and GPU markets.  Why... because I've been using AMD CPU's for a number of years now, they've always been reliable and I like the product.  The FX8350 x8 4Ghz is a more than just decent CPU and is quite zippy in my Win 8 machine, so yeah, I want to see AMD survive and prosper so it can develop more on its latest series of CPU's... to make its GPU's more competitive.

I've always liked AMD.  Am still using an old AMN athlo II X2 processor, 3000 Mhz, 2 core.  Just fine for this old mans needs.

That's why they snaffled a wizz kid in mobile tech from Apple, and a chip wizard from IBM... to take on the phone and tablet markets.  I was also reading that the AMD x8 FX8350 fared well in benchmark tests against comparable Intel CPU's... as in considerably better than its predessessor the, FX8150.  So yes, there is hope for AMD and the future.

As for the PC market contracting, well I have to wonder about that.  Smartphones and tablets are relatively new, and people are purchasing them to remain connected while on the run, but once the mainstream has caught up, it could well be that we see a level playing field again and PC sales improve markedly from the current trend.  I know that in my own household, purchasing phones and tablets took priority over PC related purchases for a while, simply because we didn't have them, but now that we do, focus has shifted back to our PC's. 

It's like any other fad, everybody has to get one because it's the 'in' thing, but once everything settles down it will all go back to normal.  And people aren't just going to forget their PC's.  I know that within my own family and circle of friends, while the smartphones and tablets have been useful tools, we often find them wanting and return to our PC's to achieve what couldn't be done on the less powerful mobile devices. 

For mine, the press and so-called tech experts have latched ont the phone ad tablet fad like leeches, making it out to be the best thing since sliced bread, but once all the singing ad dancing is over, or another fad takes its place, things will settle down and those sales will be in decline.  As it is, Apple has canceled parts shipments due to weaker than expected sales of iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini. 

Yup, the old tried and true [desktop PC] will be around for a long time yet.

Which is why AMD will always have a place in the market... Intel factors price on how much it thinks the market can bear.  Right now, economies worldwide are suffering, so Intel's price are a little better that if they were good.  However, AMD has adjusted similarly and still beat Intel on price for comparable products.  Thing is, when the world economy picks up again, Intel will be back to charging premium prices again.  AMD's prices may rise some, but nowhere near as sharply as Intel's. 

I'm not going to complain about AMD's latest series of CPU's because I'm more than happy with my FX8350 and its performance, but I really hope that future development brings AMD much closer, if not beyond Intel's best.... cos I'd like to see the underdog take the crown.

But that's wrong, while Intel has many more high-end CPUs than AMD, the FX-8530 can go toe to toe with the i7-3770K and i5-3570 quite well. To say that AMD doesn't have any high performing chips simply isn't true.