The AMD setup is my new system and it runs great. Price is the most obvious difference, but the memory type and the future are important considerations.
-- DDR (AMD) vs DDR2 (Intel) -- Technically, the DDR2 should be faster. A lot depends though on the whole package and at many things the AMD system is still faster than the Intel even with slower memory. Since I'm a gamer, that's what I look at but check out OfficeMark benchmarks and the like to see what how the two compare for what you're doing. -- AMD future (AM2) -- In about June of this year, the new AMD chip/platform will be hitting the market. It's called "AM2" and it's basically the same as the current A64x2 939 chips but it has 940 pins and uses DDR2 memory. Unfortunately, in early chip tests by some review sites, the DDR2 memory didn't seem to give any noticeable performance boost. But we'll have to wait and see how the shipping product ends up performing to really know. It's worth noting here though that AM2 effectively means that the current 939/DDR platform is End Of Life. So they are at rock bottom prices now and prices will probably only creep up again as supplies dwindle. And you won't be able to reuse your 2gb of DDR memory in a new system two years from now (not that I worry about that too much anyway). -- Intel future (Core) -- The D8x0 series is also End Of Life now. The future is Core. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2711 CoreSolo and CoreDuo laptops are coming out now, and the boards and chips for the enthusiast builder should be coming out in 2007, possibly even late 2006. The Core chip codenamed "Conroe" is the one you want to look at. And from all the early tests, it rocks. Beating A64x2 by at least 20%. No idea on price, but if history is any guide then it will still cost more than AMD. Core vs A64x2 (Intel setup showing about 40% better performance than AMD) http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713 Independent retest showing about 20% better performance http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2716 On 3/29/06, Andy Jarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Am looking at getting a PC and have narrowed it down to two > > 1. Intel Pentium D 820 > Processor speed: 2 x 2.8 GHz > Front side bus: 800 MHz > L2 cache: 2 x 1 Mb > RAM: 1024 Mb > RAM 1024 Mb > HD: 200GB & 160GB removable GB > Only added feature is a built-in TV tuner > > 2. AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core 4200+ > Processor speed: 2 x 2.2GHz > Front side bus: 2000 MHz > L2 cache: 2 x 512KB > Ram: 2048MB > HD: 360GB > > > Option 2 for the ram seems the best. Im using it for general CF work > (so eclipse DW, FW), general video editing (nothing amazing). > > Any thoughts? > > Andy J > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202009 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
