When you are talking straight gaming, AMD rules Intel, especially at the very pricey top end. But when you factor in other real-world performance (video encoding, photoshop, office benchmarks), it's not so cut and dry. I put together a new machine last week with a P4 3.4GHz, mainly because I wanted a PCI-Express videocard and some of the other benefits of the latest 915/925 chipsets, which haven't completely materialized. If you only care about getting those extra percentage points in HL2, then you should get an AMD, but if you are encoding video or think that Hyper Threading faux-dual processors will help you apply filters faster in Photoshop, you still should consider stupid old Intel.
I think most of it is moot right now, we are due for some major revision to the CPU in the next couple years that should blow this current generation out of the water. Tyler -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Why buy an Intel chip again? Anyone? Anyone? :) http://firingsquad.com/hardware/half_life_2_cpu_shootout/page4.asp "There's a lot more to see here, especially at 800x600, where Athlon 64 processors, right down to the 3200+, outperform Intel's Pentium 4 at up to 3.8GHz. The fastest Athlon 64 bests the speediest Pentium 4 by about 23 percent, and if you're looking at prices, the Athlon 64 3500+ and Pentium 4 550J at 3.4GHz, both about $260, are separated by 15 percent in favor of AMD's chip." "At 800x600, with all of the graphical detail minimized, there's a notable difference between AMD's Athlon 64 FX series and the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. As we've seen through countless reviews, the FX is simply a better performer in games. The difference between AMD's FX-55 and Intel's own flagship, the 3.46GHz Extreme Edition, is greater than 18 percent. That lead persists into 1280x1024, where the Athlon 64 FX-55 leads the 3.46GHz Extreme Edition by a margin of 14 percent. Then again, with both processors delivering in excess of 70 frames per second, they're both considered playable still." AMD 0wnz Intel for performance, PLUS they're cheaper than the Intel chips..what more could anyone want? (I guess for Dell to start selling them lol!). ^_^ -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137757 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
