James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>> Today (Saturday) the Fry's ad shows another ECS motherboard of
approximately the same specs, but with Athlon X2 BE-2300 for $68.99.
Wonder whether to choose AMD over Intel or not.
My take is that Intel currently has the lead in bang for the Watt, and a
performance lead too.
While I can't argue with the physics (read: power dissipation as heat),
I *can* argue that while the intel performs better on paper, the AMD is
still a better design, and for most cases will be a smoother,
better-performing system than the Intel.
That still doesn't change my opinion that you should avoid ECS like the
plague which it is.
The Intel-compatible boards seem to gravitate toward the GMA950 video
chip. AMD seem to have Nvidia (I think).
You'll definitely get better performance (and likely better drivers) for
the nVidia(*). Another reason to go with the AMD combo.
(*) However, the nVidia drivers are'nt opensourced, while the Intel ones
are. They're free-as-in-beer and easy to install in both cases.
-kelsey
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