I agree with Jochem 100% and am personally a big AMD fan...I'm buying a Hammer as soon as possible, but I wouldn't shy away from reccomending a P4 2.2 at all to anyone if I couldn't convince them to get an Athlon. The 2.2's are the new Northwoods with 512k cache on the new 0.13 process and a 400Mhz QDR bus while the new Athlons max's out at 266Mhz DDR. Very nice chip...as long as you don't mind buying Rambus...it's crippled with DDR, and I personally wont touch Rambus because the company is run by a bunch of scumbags. I think the car analogy is that the Athlon is to the Viper as the P4 is to the Porshe. I like raw horsepower...who needs shock absorbers! :) The Athlon is really the DIYer chip of choice these days, it kills the P4 on the price/performance scale, while the P4 gets all the OEM sales because of the Intel name.
jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:17 PM Subject: Chip Sets (was Re: New computer) > What's the difference between AMD and a Pentium? What's the equivalent to a P4 2.24 Ghz? Also, I've always felt (based on old knowledge) that its better to have on card extras rather than on board. I'm talking network, ATA controller, sound and video. Is this still true? > > Tyan S2466N-4M dual AMD MP > > >Product Description: > >TYAN Tiger MPX (S2466N-4M) Motherboard ATX, Supports Dual AMD Athlon MP > >processor, 760MPX chipset, 4 DIMMs for DDR memory(Reged), 64 and 32-bit PCI > >slots, AGP 4x slot, integrated ATA-100 IDE, 3COM LAN. Use ATX12x 350W power > >supply. > >ATX footprint (12" x 10.3", 304.8 x 261.62mm) > > > >http://www.8anet.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=34&lastcatid=5&step=4 > > > >250 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
