If playing games - then video board is probably most important If converting video to different codec's - then cpu & memory is probably most important If recording (multiple channels of) Hi def TV - then Disk IO is probably most important
But - do remember that almost everything you do with the CPU requires information to be brought into the CPU cache from memory, and then put out to Memory, or a (directly CPU managed peripheral) Re the directly CPU managed peripheral - turn off write cache, and DMA mode on your disk drive and note the change in system performance So - Probably more important than 10%, or even 25% difference in CPU speed/throughput is memory response ( again see Toms Hardware) where the difference between the right memory on the right motherboard as apposed to the wrong memory/motherboard combination can mean a difference in data processing of 30% And then there's the Video board - PCI x 16 connection, AGP 8, or 4, or just PCI connection Then consider SATA 2 drives with the right motherboard run at 300mb's IDE on the same cable as a DVD could be running at 55mbs - that's down to 66mbs because of the DVD drive, and then lose some more because the 2 devices have to agree as to which is using the cable at any time I rarely recommend the fastest CPU's because those about 20% slower are so much cheaper, and that price difference allows a better motherboard and more memory in the system, which usually means much better usability/ response for general use. JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Houseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 1:09 AM Subject: Re: which one is better and faster? > IN a word - NO. These days, CPU speed in GHz is just one factor among > several. Comparing processors is more difficult than ever, and that's > exactly what AMD and Intel want. > > Rules of thumb: > > Same money: AMD is faster > Same GHz: AMD is faster > > Among products of the same generation and GHz rating... > > Celeron is slower than Pentium > Duron/Sempron is slower than Athlon/Turion > > Final word? Google for benchmarks and hope the comparison test you find is > working both of your choices > > Carl > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > steven > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: which one is better and faster? > > Can someone clue me in as to the order of speed and quality with AMD > cpu's. Many laptops which use them only list the cpu and not much > else. Intel lists the speed of the processor, why doesn't AMD? > Does speed make for a better CPU? > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
