AMD vrs. Pentium

[Kurupt95]

AMD all the way!

[jesus likes pie]

INTEL ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Intel means something like inteliegince.

[MrFancypants]

Originally Posted by jesus likes pie

inteliegince.

roflol

[Froggin_Ashole42]

Originally Posted by MrFancypants

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.

Im starting to agree because won't a 64 bit be better for the future? When windows 64(or if windows releases a special program) that uses the 64 bit tech?

[Tank Hunter Pro.]

Well in my opinion the P4 hyper threaded is for serious heavy duty work. Its like a race car. If you have a drag car that runs on an alcohol based fuel to give it its super high performance, and you give it petrol and a regular stock car beats it then thats to be expected. The AMD was designed to work for the people with less cash flow and less hardware parts. My computer is a p4 3.0Ghz HT. Physicaly it is ONE processor. Logicaly to your BIOS and your computer it is TWO processors working together. 32x2=64. The P4HT is alrdy LOGICALY running at 64 bits. Also your system hardware specs will logicaly register the processor as 6.0GHZ if you've built the comp right. To accomidate this massive processing hog you need the right equipment. A minimum of 2 gigs of DUAL, not regular but Dual linked DDR ram at your boards maximum Mhz. Also 2x SATA 10,000 RPM Raid (0) hard drives. With this setup that I have plus my Asus GeForce 5700 FX Ultra with 256mb of Dual DDR ram, everything runs like a dream. There is no lag with the maximum video settings and sound settings. Also map load time is down to at least 4 seconds and at most 12. Id say the only real problem is that I had to buy a new case with more fan ports because the overheating of the hard drive platters caused the harddrives to slow for a moment and creat some framerate loss. Once they where properly cooled it ran fine. Im pretty sure that when those benchmarks where made they wern't using the P4 to its fullest extent like it should be to show off its power.

[MrFancypants]

Originally Posted by Froggin_Ashole42

Im starting to agree because won't a 64 bit be better for the future? When windows 64(or if windows releases a special program) that uses the 64 bit tech?

Exactly, hyperthreading is nice and all, but with a new version of windows the Athlon 64 CPUs will perform better. And even now the difference is not so big. Get an AMD and invest the saved money in a better gfx-card.
And don't forget that, as Tank Hunter said, the other hardware is also very important. The main reason why AMD still has a bad reputation with some people is that some years ago motherboards for those CPUs were not very stable.
But now you can get very good mobos, and you should spend some thought which you will take.

[Froggin_Ashole42]

Wait a minute, I was just reading that intel Prescott's have 64 bit in it. A new program coming out will turn the 64 bitting on.

[Froggin_Ashole42]

Forget it,I'll just wait for money and get an athlon fx...

[MrFancypants]

A wise choice.

[jesus likes pie]

remeber that FXs need *registered* ram, normal ram won't work. Registered ram is kind of rare and more expensive then normal ram. I like intel better, they are better overclockers, everytime i upped 5 mhz in an AMD it would die. Intel 1.8 ghz has not died yet (it runs at 2.3ghz) Overclockers4ever!