Plus theres the cool 'n' quiet feature on the A64. Greg
> > I would go with the Athlon 64, the whole clock speed thing > doesn't really matter as much anymore. In many cases a 2GHz > Athlon 64 will outperform a 3GHz Intel. The Athlon 64 has a > built in memory controller, lots of cache, and most if not > more SSE and MMX type extensions. You would also have the > ability to switch things to 64bit as they become available. > All of the core Operating system and most applications are > already ported and I would expect them to get much faster > once people start optimizing for Athlon 64. And it does cost less. > > Quoting Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 10:34:02AM -0600, Drew Zerdecki wrote: > > > I am about to purchase a CPU/mobo for a mythtv box. I read > > > somewhere that it is harder to compile builds for MythTv on these > > > AMD Athlon 64 chips. Specifically I am looking at the > AMD Athlon 64 > > > 3000+. It is relatively cheap and gets good reviews. On > the other > > > hand I am also looking at the Intel 3Ghz which isnt too much more > > > but the good motherboards for this slot T chip are a lot ore > > > expensive. Any recommendations? > > > > > > Some applications when compiled for the ath-64 are faster. > Some are > > _slower_ and you prefer to do them in 32 bit mode, though I > don't think > > many are a lot slower. Of course, many of your RPMs will be in 32 > > bit mode for a while. I would suspect an mpeg decoder > written with > > 64 bits in mind might do well, but I don't know if anybody > has done that. > > > > However, no question, the P4-3ghz is way faster than the > Athlon-3000 (not > > Ath64) at mpeg decoding. 30% idle or less on Ath-3000. > 60% idle on > > P4-3ghz. > > > > This is because the P4-3ghz is at 3ghz, while the > Athlon-3000 is at 2.2ghz. > > > > The ath64-3000 is at 2ghz -- it might even be slower than > the regular > > athlon.
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