Arimus Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 This my not be the right place for this question...but what the hell. We don't have much else to do whiel we are waiting I am going to get a new machine (basically for SOF2 and Jedi Outcast) and I am wondering if it is better to get an AMD or a P4? Most people say AMD but I would like your opinions... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0MBER II Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 SWAMP AMD SWAMP CHEAPER SWAMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedimaster74 Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 AMD is a much cheaper and better way to go. Like Stormy says to me all the time its time we move this topic to the SWAMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0s Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 yeah amd for sure:D they rock, specially the new XP 2000's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracleasd Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 No no. you want to get yourself one of those cyrix bad boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedimaster74 Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Originally posted by Miracleasd No no. you want to get yourself one of those cyrix bad boys. You've got to be kidding me They haven't made those in years LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrEEpaGe Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 this should definitely be in the swamp, but definitely go with amd...btw, the xp 2100+ is better than the 2000 =) nice try ne way though heh but, if you CAN wait, wait for amd to put out chips with hammer....they will have intel by their you know what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0nkz0r Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 AMD all the way! I have a AMD xp 2000+ machine and I havnt had any problems with it. Plus I hate pentium anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedimaster74 Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 I have always Liked AMD over Intel. They have come along way since their k6, k6-2 days. I have a 1.4ghz now and I am hoping to upgrade to a XP 2gig plus cpu in the near future. I am debating if I should do that or just wait and save up for a geforce 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoowl Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 It has to be AMD. The Athlon XP procesors are about half the price of pentium 4's. You could ues the extra money to go toward a new graphics card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Lunatic Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 AMD!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 I love the smell of Swamp Gas in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arimus Posted March 22, 2002 Author Share Posted March 22, 2002 wow...thanks guys. I didn't expect such a fast repsonse and it looks like it will be AMD then. XP2000 ...XP2100 aren't available here yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXcape Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 AMD - there's no question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainStorm Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Yet another vote for AMD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrEEpaGe Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 however, if you have a nice diy attitude, you could make a watercooling system and OC the p4 northwood...ive seen it run @3ghz stably.....and @ that speed, xp doesnt have a chance (even though intel still sucks)...they got q3 to run non 3d card @ 308fps....hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagabond Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Agreed, no question whatsoever. AMD all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Personally, I'd get the XP 1800+ or 1900+, based on a performance / price ratio. XP 2000+ isn't worth paying for, really, considering it only adds 66 MHz from the XP 1900+ version, which also costs $50 less. That's $50 you could spend on JK 2 for instance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digl Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Just if you have any doubt , another vote for AMD here. And as Simpson says you should check the prices. The top notch ones are always overpriced (compared to the relatively slower ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickeleye Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 I have an AMD Athlon 1GHz and it works great. I too don't care much for Pentium anymore. Not since my Pentium II a couple years back anyway.... -edit- I forgot to also mention this. If you plan to have a kick-ass computer when you upgrade, make sure you get plenty of RAM. That's very important even if you have a fast processor. I'd reccomend 256 megs or more. I've got 512 myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywalker Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Hi I've got a Nforce rig with a XP1600+ @ 1900+ i mean o/c a AMD is by far the best option i mean i got my chip at xmas it cos me 110 sterling pounds and im getting about 320 sterling pounds worth of power out of it. it 100% stable, and the NForce is a dream, 128Bit DDR controller and prefetch cache in built what more could you ask for really. i mean in future i'll be getting a a 2000XP and thats gonna be going at 2500+ when i get my hands on it p.s. its adivsible to get a 2nd generation version (the green one), it's has a PR of 2300 PR=Pentium Rating with a 1600+ the 1st generation (the brown ones) only went to PR1600 with a 1600+ i highly recommend both Nforce by MSi and AMD XP chips 2nd generation Skywalker out ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPOE Posted March 23, 2002 Share Posted March 23, 2002 I'm gonna add yet another vote for AMD. Don't feed the beast that is Intel and charges way to much for inferior goods! AMD has came QUITE a long way, in my computer engineering class in high school we have K6-3 processors. What horrid creations those were, at least they were better than the K6-2's...I won't even go there. I'm just glad they did a full 180 and are now making the best chips. Also a note to add. Common knowledge will tell you that the faster a chip is in Mhz/Ghz the faster it is. Well common knowledge is wrong and AMD proved that. It's 2100XP chip runs at 1.733Ghz, and up against a P4 2.2Ghz, the AMD wins in just about every benchmark. So you might want to take that into consideration too when buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowen Posted March 23, 2002 Share Posted March 23, 2002 I've used Intel procs for years until I switched to AMD last year and I love them! The P4's especially the new P4 2.0a and the 2.2a GHz are very nice but as far as MHz/GHz goes AMD wins hands down. To boot take a look at AMD new upcoming ClawHammer processor. It looks not only to pull ahead of Intel but smash it! It will be AMD's alternative to the Itanium, it's a 32-64 bit processor. Anyone will be able to own the new CH and it will run 64 and 32 bit apps. Intel's IA-64 (Itanium) will only be able to run 64 bit apps only!! There is a rumor that Intel has a plan b in which they are cloning a chip like the ClawHammer and then Intel would be playing major catch-up with AMD. What's even cooler is the fact that the CH is supposed to be around the same production costs as the Athlon XP is now! It's supposed to debut with a rating of about 3400+ (around 2.0 GHz) in the 4th quarter of this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted March 23, 2002 Share Posted March 23, 2002 Intel. They are back and everyone knows it, well ,except all of you of course. The new P4 northwood 1.6A is an O/Cing feind. Lots of guys have these things upo to at least2.1 and some are even at 2.4. They will run at 133FSB with default voltage which means less heat. And AMDs from what I hear need lots of extra voltage to get them to O/C which means more heat which means bad things. The 2.2 northwood are O/Cing to 2.8+ with no problem as well. A 1.6A on neweeg is $133 and a 1.8A is $183 The XP1800 (1.53mhx) is $130 and a XP 1900 is $150. So for $3 more you can have a P4 1.6A that will do easily 2.1 with nothing but a FSB bump in the menu yet your saying the AMDs are a lot cheaper? Go figure.. Read up....http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=708052 http://www.asusboards.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=12137&perpage=15&pagenumber=5 When your done come tell me if if maybe I read something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted March 23, 2002 Share Posted March 23, 2002 sure the AMD's are hot, and fry easily w/o a heatsink, but hey, thats what they are for, and the AMD's are madmen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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