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Thread: Amd And Intel

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    AMD and Intel are the two big cheeses in the computing world.

    For those of you who don't know the differences:
    - An AMD Athlon XP is much cheaper than an equivalent Intel P4.
    - The Intel P4 has the fastest available desktop processor - currently at 3.06GHz, I think
    - Intel chips are slightly less prone to overheating (this only affects overclockers)
    - AMD-compatible motherboards tend to be cheaper than Intel-compatible ones.

    So if you've got money to burn, go with P4.
    The AMD Athlon XP is much better value for money, though.

    Anyone know any different?

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    If you have money to burn go with the P4 and use rambus RAM - the performance increase will be noticeable - although there's now dual channel DDR for AMD with the NForce2 chipsets.

    This is my system:-

    Athlon XP 2000+
    512MB PC2100 RAM
    ASUS A7N8X Motherboard
    Gainward Geforce3 Ti200 64mb

    Haven't had a performance issue with it, can run Unreal2 at 1152x864 perfectly with all the highest detail options clicked.

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    anyone know what's the cache size of the newest amd?
    how does it stack up to the p4's 512k

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    The next AMD will be a new XP with 512kB cache too.
    After this the AMD will bring out a 64bit cpu the first one that comes out will probably have 1MB(!&#33 cache later they will bring one with 256KB.

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    My old AMD K7 1GHZ runs good on my cheap ass mobo with only 256MB PC-133 RAM
    Works even better with Windows NT or XP (same thing)

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    The next AMD will be a new XP with 512kB cache too.
    I think that's the Barton core on the Athlon XP 3000+

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    Originally posted by Lamsey@27 February 2003 - 23:04
    The next AMD will be a new XP with 512kB cache too.
    I think that's the Barton core on the Athlon XP 3000+
    Yeah I think it will come out in may.

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    It's out.

    Check Tom's Hardware.

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    Oh I didnt knew that it will come out so early.

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    Roll on AMD64!

    Hammer's gonna kick ass...

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