Sargon Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 With the release of CMBB coming up soon... Which is the Best Processor to buy P4 or AMD 2100 XP with 3-D and the best system motherboard..? thanks for your help Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Sounds like a question for the tech support forum, sort of.. Very much a matter of personal preference and a comparison of price vs. performance. Both will play CM:BB very well in any case. Just don't get a ATI graphics card until they have begun to support the fog model in CM. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Bts personell adviced me 6 months ago Madmatt told me the 1,4 Athlon with 256 memory and TNT2 32 mb card I bought than will do fine Faster and more memory is always better though. I would go for the AMD,they are cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Go for the AMD its cheaper. It may only be 1.7ghz or whatever the 2100 is, but it will be as fast or faster as the best P4 out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipanderson Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 Hi, Yup, about three months ago I read every computer magazine there is going in the UK and all agreed that, for the game player, the AMD XP chips are number one. The fact that they are cheaper is just a bonus. Strangely, I ended up with a P4 because I wanted to buy a Dell. But I am just a bit odd. If Dell had offered an AMD chip I would have gone for it. All the best, Kip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Johnson-- Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 AMD, hands down. Since the i820/Rambus fiasco, Intel has still not released a processor that can truly justify the cost. Do not be fooled by Intel marketing and the current gigahertz ratings. Even if an AMD processor has fewer gigahertz than a particular Intel processor oftentimes the so called "slower" AMD will run just as fast and even faster than the higher gigahertz-rated Intel chip. You will also save a lot more money. I used to get only Intel chips but I've found that since AMD released their Athlon series of chips, AMD pretty much is the best buy for better performance and better price. I have no problems with compatability with any games or programs. At this point, AMD has enough market share that game developers need to make sure their games work on AMD chips and chipsets just as well as on Intel ones. Check out the reviews at various hardware sites for the chip model you want. They will also give you a better idea how much faster the "slower" AMD chips can actually outpeform the much higher-rated gigahertz Intel chips. As for mobos, personally I have an Asus A7M266. I haven't had any probelms whatsoever and I am quite happy with it. There are probably better mobos out by now but the A7M266 seems pretty solid. [ April 01, 2002, 03:11 PM: Message edited by: Commissar ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkmek Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 AMD all the way!! Best chip, best price. I went AMD long ago because of price and have no complaints. I still have my old 233 in the kid's room and am currently running the discontinued Slot A 700 on an EPOX mobo. Just supply ample power (300Watts min) and adequate cooling and you should have no worries. Looking forward to upgrading soon to an XP 1.7 or whatever is the bestest cheapest chip at that as yet undetermined time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Just adding to the landslide...AMD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceroy Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 I've had an Athlon for about a year and I've been very happy with it. My next computer will be AMD as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Question : What is the whole Pentium and Celeron difference? If a Celeron has a slightly higher MHZ rating than a Pentium, is it truly faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Motorolla G4! Sorry I just had to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patgod Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Originally posted by Herr Kruger: Question : What is the whole Pentium and Celeron difference? If a Celeron has a slightly higher MHZ rating than a Pentium, is it truly faster?celys have massivly slashed l2 cache, and used to(dont know about now) have a slower FSB. they suck, plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 The Celeron is the budget alternative in Intels lineup. It basically a stripped PIII and is thus slower than both PIII's and P4's of similar or even inferior clock frequencies. This is especially the case id it is one of the older Celerons operating at 66 MHz bus speed. Generally speaking you are on the wrong track if you are looking at a Celeron. If you have a really thin wallet you should get a AMD Druon instead. Clock for clock it beats the Celeron, just as the Athlon does the P4. -- M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 I see .. I was wondering b/c my brother has a Celeron at a somewhat higher speed than my PIII 450 Mhz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 AMD is much better for gaming. Price-performance wise it blows the nuts off intel at the moment On the business side, PIII is still the way to go. Try maintianing 85 or so tempramental athalons. Note that the 66mhz FSB celerons were desireable at times, especially the later ones (533mhz, 566mhz, etc), run pretty goddamn good at 100mhz FSB. I know, I have been doing so for years. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karch Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 This is not to make a Mac point.. but really the point AMD has been trying to make for a long time. Apple calls this the MEGAHERTZ MYTH and there is a great LONG quicktime movie showing how shorter pipelines with slower clock speeds can be faster than faster processors with really long/deep pipelines... it even describes the pipelines. Megahertz Myth You need Quicktime to view it, but it's really an interesting movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Originally posted by Stoffel: Bts personell adviced me 6 months ago Madmatt told me the 1,4 Athlon with 256 memory and TNT2 32 mb card I bought than will do fine Faster and more memory is always better though. I would go for the AMD,they are cheaperThat is EXACTLY what I have! Although I did go with the DDR memory... Oh... and how did this one escape the lock-down? Normally these threads get somewhat "robust" although the pentium camp is being strangley quiet... [ April 01, 2002, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: Panzer Leader ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Panzer Boxb Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Current rig: 1.33GHz Athlon w/ 512MB PC2100 & GF3 Near Future rig: Athlon XP 2000/2100 w/ 1GB PC2100 (maybe more) and GF4. Go AMD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuhabib Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 i'm slugging cmbo out with my son using a duron 900mhz and a amd xp1500. needeless to say, he can beat the crap out me as much as i can him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted April 2, 2002 Share Posted April 2, 2002 Moving to the Tech Forum...And for me I wouldn't use an AMD processor if you paid me.... Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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