AMD vrs. Pentium

[MrFancypants]

You can post some links of systems that interest you here

[Froggin_Ashole42]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...101576037&rd=1 thats not bad price and its from a power seller. Theres an AMD 64 3400+ system somewhere there too for $999.

[Abearikishiswisscheese]

Lately, I went through a TON of benchmarks about the latest AMD vs. the lastest Intel and to give everyone a summarized version of the results:

On almost all benchmarks, the AMD performed slightly (and I do mean slightly) better than the Intel, however whenever the few times that there was a benchmark of a program that took advantage of Hyper-threading (and yes, apparently there are some) or of multi-tasking, Intel conquered.


So, the end result is that if you're running one giant program (FH for example), AMD will beat Intel, but if you plan on multi-tasking or logging on as many users at once then Intel is the better choice. It's really all about how you plan to use your computer.
One thing to keep in mind is that the AMD chip is cheaper than the Intel chip, though if you can afford either of these chips, that gap in price really won't matter.

BTW on that note, if there are any very rich people that want the best of both worlds, you could always have dual AMD proccessors And, if you're that rich, you can buy me one too!

[Formerly Human]

AMD Athlon 2800+ XP. I love it to death.

[Niipzu]

Actually Athlon 64 is significantly cooler than than P4 prescott or even P4 northwood..
Athlons were hot two years back, remember palominos and thunderbirds..

[Dee-Jaý]

AMD 64 are cooler and nead less eletrixity than modern Pentoum CPUs. And buy the way, Pentium is also just changing their CPU rating to match that of AMD. So you´ll no longer have a real performance indication, but will have to put up with names like Pentium 4-560.

And all these benchmarks you see nowadays, prove that AMD has faster and more efficient CPUs. And these don´t take the 64-bit advanatge into account.
Sp don´t forget that ALL 64-bit CPUs will get a 20-30% speed-boost once Windows 64 is released and other software is adapted.
So really, nothing at this stage, should make you want to buy a Pentium system...

[Zab]

I like AMD... I have an AMD btw.

[Froggin_Ashole42]

I found an AMD athlon xp 3200+ with 200 gbhd, 512 ddr, and 8x agp nvidia fx card for 800(special custom price) and the same thing except p4 3.2 ghz with HT tech for about the same price. I read that the p4 3.2 outclasses the amd. I need your help!

[A$$A$$IN]

Vote pentium.

[MrFancypants]

Originally Posted by Froggin_Ashole42

I found an AMD athlon xp 3200+ with 200 gbhd, 512 ddr, and 8x agp nvidia fx card for 800(special custom price) and the same thing except p4 3.2 ghz with HT tech for about the same price. I read that the p4 3.2 outclasses the amd. I need your help!

I'd go for AMD. Just go to a decent site about hardware and look how much FPS you get with which CPU. If people say Pentium outclasses AMD they usually mean that it's like 2 FPS faster. Of course you don't notice such little differences in FPS, but you notice difference in money you have to spend. Most of the time you get more FPS/Dollar with AMD.