Wow, someone drank the Intel cool-aide. I personally go with AMD because you get more bang for the buck (TM).
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:07:39 -0500, John Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When comparing, don't be biased by AMD's (deceptive, IMO) "model > numbers". I.e. if you compare a 2.2GHz intel and a 2200+ AMD, you will > be disappointed with the performance, since the AMD 2200+ is a 1.5GHz > processor. > > I've never used AMD because of this practice. It seems Intel is getting > into this now with their part numbers, such as 520, 530, etc. The first > digit being 5 implies they are faster than AMD's models which begin > with 2 or 3. > > Regards, > JJ > > On 15-Jan-2005, at 11:05, Comments wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if anyone has a preference between AMD and Intel for a > > MythTV box. > > > > I will be running two HD-3000 cards and probably an nVidia graphics > > card with DVI out to a HDMI device in 720p. > > > > So, do you prefer AMD 64? Intell with Hyperthreading? And what would > > I look for as the minimum speed i would need to do this? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Marc Christensen > > http://www.mecworks.com > > http://blog.mecworks.com > > http://gallery.mecworks.com > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- Loren H. Burlingame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key ID: 0x112DCF4F "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." -William Shatner (a.k.a. Buck Murdock)
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