Athlon64 or Pentium 4

[alrot]

Just I wonder wich is the best Intel Or AMD  ;)

[congo]

I have both, they are good.

[Gunny04]

From my expierence With many Home Intels and 1 AMD Athlon, Schools with macs, etc....... I have to say my 1 AMD Athlon is much better for what I do than any of my Intels! Cheers, Gunny

[Skligmund]

Currently, I am running 4 AMD's (actually on and doing stuff) in my place right now. I have a 5th not turned on.

1: *See specs below*
2: Athlon64 3000+ (2200 MHz on stock air/voltages)
3: AthlonXP 2100+ (2400 MHz on water)
4: K6-2+ 400 (400 MHz in notebook)
5: K6-III+ 400 (600 MHz on stock air/voltages) This one is not used, but is available.

Processors owned in chronological order:

1: 286 **
2: 386 SX **
3: 486 DX33 **
4: 486 DX66 **
5: Pentium 75 **
6: Pentium 100 **
7: Pentium 120 **
8: Pentium 166 mmx **
9: Pentium II 450

[town]

I think AMD are the better choice for gamers and intel better for work stuff.

[Skligmund]

I think AMD are the better choice for gamers and intel better for work stuff.

Last generation, this was true. When AMD came out with the A64, AMD was superior in EVERY respect except for coding with software designed for Intel. Even then, it was very close. Power consumption is also lower with AMD. I turn you to www.tomshardware.com , where they go into depth on every article they write. Very good information, unbiased.

[legoalex2000]

i've owned 4 intels and 1 AMD, and i would never go back (well cant say that to my pentium II sitting next to my feet as a backup comp)

AMD is better in gaming, i can agree, and in coooling, i have noticed reduced power consumption, even when overclocked. microsoft released XP x64 for AMD only, so even they are making AMD a better choice for people. thats a risky move, cause intel could pull the plug, and focus on the Core Duo for mac.

whew... AMD it is!

Ramos

[alrot]

And cheaper Though..

[kipman725]

CPU's I have owned (some of the 486's missed out due to having about 40!)

486 sx25
486 sx33
466 dx66
486 dx80
*all intell so far*
586 IBM chip (fitted 486 soccett) 100mhz
Cyrix 486 120mhz chip (went like a rocket ship)

Intell pentium 2 200mhz
Intell pentium 2 233mhz
Intell pentium 2 266mhz
Intell pentium 2 400mhz
Amd k6-2 233mhz
Amd K6-2 300mhz
Amd k6-2 333mhz
Amd k6-2 400mhz
Amd k6-2 550mhz (think this is fastest on this platform)

Amd Duron 800mhz

I have alot of p3 chips that I have been given but the mobos are all OEM boards and are HORIBLE and don't work.  Which is probs why they were thrown out and I haven't had chance to test them, If anyone sees a sweet p3 board on ebay then drop me a pm.

Athlon 1800
Athlon 2500
Athlon 2600
Athlon 2800

Basicly I built most of the computers long after the tech had gone out of date as I used to be too young to even have a paper round when I started building pcs at the age of 9-10 and so had to get my dad to buy old 486's from ebay on a budget of

[kipman725]

Very good information, unbiased.

I disagree THG is just very subtle you have to be very carefull, I'm not sure of their angle but they have been known to draw graph scales in favor of certian hardware (so it apears that on one benchmark a component has a huge lead when it dosen't and on another it lost the scale makes it look like a very small loss).  Look it up on discussion boards.

[Saitek]

They say AMD for gaming. I have both, but due to the sytems all being different I can't fairly compare.

[Skligmund]

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I disagree THG is just very subtle you have to be very carefull, I'm not sure of their angle but they have been known to draw graph scales in favor of certian hardware (so it apears that on one benchmark a component has a huge lead when it dosen't and on another it lost the scale makes it look like a very small loss).

[Ivan]

AMD Athlon64. it's same or better for the same price

[kipman725]

If anything, they are biased for Intel. The way they draw their graphs is usually by release date if the numbers are the same. You'll also find they use averages a lot. The way they make their graphs is as biased as when you benchmark with SiSoft SANDRA. Look at the difference between the P4 and the AthlonXP in benchmarks. How do they decide what factor rates one higher than the other?

There may be the occasion biased opinion of the writer, but the writer usually tells you it is his opinion. The information they present is true, use it wisely.

Despite the bias there is some veyr good info on there site aswell such as the psu testing (not many sites test to destruction).  Just keep your sceptic hat on  ;)

[congo]

..........www.tomshardware.com , where they go into depth on every article they write. Very good information, unbiased.

You reckon?