Amd And Intel

**Lamsey** · 02-27-2003, 04:07 PM

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?

**Fletch** · 02-27-2003, 04:21 PM

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.

**"The Avatar Man"** · 02-27-2003, 04:34 PM

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

**Benno** · 02-27-2003, 07:58 PM

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.

**I_DONT_SHARE_PORN** · 02-27-2003, 08:21 PM

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)

**Lamsey** · 02-27-2003, 10:04 PM

The next AMD will be a new XP with 512kB cache too.

I think that's the Barton core on the Athlon XP 3000+

**Benno** · 02-27-2003, 10:19 PM

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.