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AMD or Intel, which is better for gaming?

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Either one will do the job. It all depends on your budget. I have seen many people say the amds are better if all your doing is gameing. But it really comes down to what you want.

I find AMDs to be much cheaper, much faster, and much more overclockable for gaming. The 1700+ JIUHB, 2100+ (ALL TbredB) 2600+ or Barton 2500+ are all good overclockers. I currenty run a TbredB 2400+ oced to 2463 MHz, a 3425+ PR in SiSoft Sandra.

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Since you said that you are going all out, then the new P4 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB (200 MHz quad pumped) is the top performer in all areas. Intel has had the fastest CPU for a long time now. The only reason to go with AMD is for the price. mid-high end CPU's are similarly priced, but low end AMD CPU's are priced much better than low end P4's. Go with Intel if you want the best. If you want something that is good enough and that will cost MUCH less, then you could consider AMD. (referring to the AXP 1700+ 'B' and not the 2800+)

Intel price drop on April 22.

The video card is the more importasnt factor for games now as even the slowest Celeron P4 and Duron can handle almost all games available today with easy.

<b>"Granted I dont own a P4. But I read enough stuff and waste enough time on forums newsgroups IRC and computer news sites that I proberly know more then if I DID own a P4." -vk2amv</b>

I have to agree with Lamoni on this one. If you are going "all out" on this PC, then your choice is easy. You should pick a i875-based mobo, like the P4C800, and good-quality DDR400 along with a 3.0Ghz, 800Mhz HT-enabled P4. That´s the best thing around right now, no doubt about it.

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Intel price drop on April 22.

It´s good to know that!

Anyway, I think it might be a bit optimistic to say that the video card is so important that you could run a R9700 Pro on a Duron/Celeron and play the latest games admirably well. You memory/processor system might be a bottleneck in that cases... Of course, this mainly applies to the latest games. (Doom 3, for example, will surely complain about running on a Duron or Celeron! Over-the-top example here, of course)

For a high-end setup you're probably looking at a Canterwood chipset motherboard/3GHz+ P4 combo. Still not clear which Canterwood chipset motherboard is the front-runner as of now. Also, it is not clear which ones have certain <i>problems</i> that will be worked out on a future revision.

For video games either will do. The only place where I consistantly see a Pentium perform better than and AMD is with video conversion and editing.

That said, if money is no object then hands down the best CPU is the hyperthreaded P4 3.06. I expect this CPU will even beat the Hammer series when they come out.

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Actually, Springdale won't be better than Canterwood. Springdale is Intel's mainstream 800 FSB chipset. Canterwood is targeted towards the performance/workstation market. Springdale will be the cheaper route to 800 FSB.



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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Twitch on 04/21/03 10:54 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I decided to take out my 3.06HT and drop in a 2.26 C1 SL6RY, OEM version from Fry's

<A HREF="http://fugger.netfirms.com/210.jpg" target="_new">200+ FSB chips</A>

Not bad for $139 chip. My mobo is a P4C800 that maxes out at 1.6v in bios

2.4D1, 2.8D1 are now available. The 2.4D1 is supposed to reach 300FSB based upon early reports. Memory dividers only step the memory down, not up. meaning you cannot run the ram faster than the FSB.

I have selection up to 400FSB.

<b>"Granted I dont own a P4. But I read enough stuff and waste enough time on forums newsgroups IRC and computer news sites that I proberly know more then if I DID own a P4." -vk2amv</b>

The Geforce FX 5800 Ultra cannot beat the 9700Pro in benchmarks. The image quality sucks bad in order to keep up with the 9700Pro. I would not consider it image quality. I currently hold the #1 fastest FX card on 3DMark.

<b>"Granted I dont own a P4. But I read enough stuff and waste enough time on forums newsgroups IRC and computer news sites that I proberly know more then if I DID own a P4." -vk2amv</b>
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