Processors

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-17, 04:33 PM

I cant decide on what processor to get for my new system either a AMD athalon xp 2500 or P4 2.4 ghz there about the same price but I know amd is a better processor but its the ghz that keeps making me waiver anyone have any ideas ?

Yuyi · 2003-02-17, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by ABRAXAAS
I know amd is a better processor

mistled · 2003-02-17, 04:59 PM

don't laugh yuyi. amd is a better processor for gaming. It's more geared for graphics than the p4's are.

I don't know about how those two particular cpus match up, but in gaming benchmarks, the 2800 beats the p4 3.06 even though it only clocks at like 2.2

Sputty · 2003-02-17, 05:02 PM

If money isn't an objct then you shouild consider getting a really high clocked P4. Now that the AMD is getting up to that range they're slowing down but if you're going from something then you could get thte 2800+XP. They're still fast. When AMD gets any higher than that they start to slow down.

mistled · 2003-02-17, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by Sputty
When AMD gets any higher than that they start to slow down.

Wha??

Sputty · 2003-02-17, 05:12 PM

Well, the new barton or whtever is hardly a notivcealbe imporovemtn in the stats let alone actual playing. I'm sure the Barton will be unnoticeable. in improvements to the 2800+

ABRAXAAS · 2003-02-17, 05:12 PM

well it only needs to tide me over untill doom3 comes out then Ill buy the fastest thing I can find then

Zatrais · 2003-02-17, 05:16 PM

The new athalon Thoroughbred "B" chips.... they well suck, they offer virtually nothing new and they're still based on 5 year old technology. You'll also need to be sure you get a proper motherboard that supports the 166mhz FSB they use (nforce 2, sis 745 or a VIA KT333+. Be sure to get one whit a proper bios). Can be a headache, some suppliers have reported instability whit the newer chips.

The P4 2.4 also beats the amd 2500 in most tests, they're fairly close but overall the p2.4 wins by a slim margin.

The Thoroughbred "B" chips also generate well HUGE amounts of heat.

I'd go whit the P4 if i where you. (i'm assuming you're buying now, not when the barton core comes out. The barton core also sucks but it can be OC'd, alott.)

On a personal side note, i would stay away from buying AMD til the Hammer core comes out. Pentium will have the lead til then. After that, who knows, the new 200mhz pentium FSB's will be out and there will be some real competition between AMD and intel again.

Edit: show me a test where AMD has annything that beats the P4 3.06 GHZ please, i havn't found a single test or review that supports AMD beating it.