What Processor Should I Buy?

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by vallver, Nov 26, 2005.

  1. -=DaRKSTaR=-

    -=DaRKSTaR=- Senior Member

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    AMD produces slightly more [not by loads] heat than P4s - Ive seen it in benchmarks but with decent cooling it can be less :D

    My AMD 3500 939 with games runs at a temp of like 32 degrees w/ like 3 case fans and a thermaltake goldenorb2 ;)

    Opterons are expensive but you wont need that much power anyways - better to buy as said a single powerful CPU

    For me i like AMD rather than P4s even tho there clockspeeds are more - It doent mean the AMD cant compete - With games AMD rules - Multitasking stuff the P4 are better

    Dual-Cores whatever the CPU is expensive - but i would go for the AMD

    The dual-core AMD chosen would severely destroy anything-lol :D
     
  2. aaa7z5

    aaa7z5 Well-Known Member

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    Athlon is good, though you cant go wrong at all with a pentium 4/Celeron
     
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    A Pentium Celeron u jking-lol :D

    We not talking about celerons ;) they are very very crappy compared with these cores that are 64BIT and dual cored :D
     
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    amd is better than intel in multitasking too.... X2...
     
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    To whoever said that theres no performance difference;

    Yes there is, the cards it easily overclockable to 2.5 x 2

    if one core was running windows and the processes, and the other left free just for the game of course it would be better. Games are already starting to support dual core, F.E.A.R is the first example. Patches might be made for current games, so the dual core really is the way to go. Ordered mine today ;)

    Amd's are far cooler then P4's...

    dja
     
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    go with the AMD Athlon. AMD is way better than the rest ;)
     
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    Didnt anyone hear abot the Pentium D processor...?
     
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    AMD much better and greater for gaming
     
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    ok im ocmputing noob so basically AMD > Pentium4?
     
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    In terms of gaming, yes.

    Intel are faster at something like video encoding, but amd's run cooler and use less power. So atm.

    Amd > Pentium

    dja
     
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    nope, actually the dual cores beat up the pentiums in multitasking and video encoding too...
     
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    what are you smoking, P4s run at 45C while Athlons run at 35C, the whole reason why Pentium 4s are being discontinued is because thye have probl;ems with heat. Athlons were running hot compared to P4s in 2003 though so you have me there, but any athlon proc made within the last two years doesn't have that issue.

    P4s are crap, noone in their right mind would recomend a P4 over an Athlon at the same price range. I am waiting for Yonah and Dothan(Pentium 3/M based dual-core procs)

    FUN!!!
    more fun!!! atleast now it doesn't kill the chip... wait with that much power going through the motherboard it fries EVERYTHING ELSE!



    Read it, you will learn... p4 == crap
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4


    IMO, PIII [aka Pentium M] > everything
     
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    I think you got your answer..
     
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    well next time i get my comp im sure ditchin the P4s.
     

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