AMD V INTEL

It depends on what you plan on doing with it as to which one is a better performer. Generally speaking, AMD performs better for gaming and Intel performs better at multimedia tasks.

Personally, with a choice between those two, I would go AMD, simply because it would (likely) be cheaper.

I'm sure if you look hard enough you could find some benchmark scores.

Intel P4 2.4B, MSI 645E Max-U Mobo, 1GB DDR333, ATI R9800PRO 128MB, TT PurePower 420W, SB Live 5.1, Samsung 120GB, Maxtor 120GB, LG DVD+-R/RW, WIN2K PRO SP4

Thanks for the help.
I thinks I'll go with the AMD
I dont any games though.
just music & DVD's etc

ok and lets remind the class where sse2 pays off?

thats right, its in video work.

now id liek to hear why you think sse2 will help HIM. he doesnt do any video encoding so most of the bonuses sse2 provides will not give anything.

i will say that HT is a bonus for the p4 over the athlon, but counting hte price difference in that as wlel, that bonus is a wash and both are basically equal. he will enjoy is athlon xp.

I'll take...................................neither of those choices!

Abit IS7 - 2.8C @ 3.4ghz - Mushkin PC4000 (2 X 512) - Sapphire 9800Pro - TT 420 watt Pure Power
Samsung 120gb ATA-100 - Maxtor 40gb ATA - 100
Sony DRU-510A - Yellowtail Merlot

That model P4 (P4 2.53ghz / 533fsb) doesnt have Hyperthreading - only the 3.06ghz / 533mhz model and the C Class models (800mhz FSB) have HT. He wants a 'usefull' cpu for more 'desktop' things rather then games - the P4 will have more performance (thanks to more cache and the fsb) while the AMD is close performance wise it falls short (just) for his areas... not that its bad or anything.

Perhaps we should ask Freddi to give him a " moron of the month" award.

The Amd PR numbers were fairly close to the P4b numbers.
You can not say that an Xp2800+ is slower than a P4b @2.53. Well obviously, you did, so show me.

endyen is correct xp is very close in benchmarks to the p4b. Sure you could run a specific benchmark to show one better over the other but all in all a tie.

xp rating smoked the p4a, tied the p4b, and was tramplied by the p4c.

end of story.

If I glanced at a spilt box of tooth picks on the floor, could I tell you how many are in the pile. Not a chance, But then again I don't have to buy my underware at Kmart.

End of thread!

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