Wich one of these 2 would you choose ?

[Guest]

Board: Epox 8KHA+
Cpu: AMD XP 1800+
Ram: Original 256Mb DDR
Grafik: Geforce 2GTS PRO 64Mb DDR
Hdd: IBM 60Gb

Or

Board: Asus P4T
Cpu: Intel P4 1.5ghz
Ram: 128Mb Rimm
Grafik: Geforce 3
Hdd: IBM 60Gb

Dont want you to tell me to add some other stuff to those 2 options, just tell me wich one of those 2 would you rather have? Thanx

 

[dhlucke]

I would pick the first option hands down. Have you not seen the benchmarks?!?!?

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[AMD_Man]

Depends on what you're doing. For games I'd go with teh second option because of the GeForce3. For everything else, the first option will be faster. I don't recommend the second one for the most part because the Asus P4T won't support new, upcoming P4s so your upgrade path is limited.

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[Guest]

okey sounds good, i will be going for games mostly , so, if i take the athlon xp 1800+ & instead of the geforce 2 gts pro i will take a geforce 3 card! That be better than the second option than? for gaming that is, and is 256 ddr ram enough ? aint doing nothing else, me = gamefreak only

 

[Kelledin]

God, yes, the first option! The second system would get reamed horribly, mostly due to an underpowered CPU and a RAM shortage. The somewhat better video card wouldn't be much help.

Btw, you know RIMMs have to be installed in pairs with the i850, right?

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I'm assuming that you're doing this comparison with both costing the same amount...and that you already have the PC2100 memory. Soooo...

...in that case, trim off the hard drives (both the same) switch the i850 to a P4X266 (so you can use your old PC2100), and isolate the choice to motherboard, CPU, and video card.

Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) with HSF: $224
EPoX EP8KHA+: $102
GlobalWin FOP32 or similar HSF: $18
Eagle GeForce 2 PRO 32MB (what kind of brand is Eagle, btw?): $74
Total: $372

P4 1.5GHz Socket478: $146
ECS P4VXMS (VIA P4X266 chipset): $80
GainWard CardExpert GeForce 3 64MB (pre-Ti<i>XXX</i> generation): $239
Total: $465

Odd...$93 difference...which GeForce3 were you considering, the Ti200?

Money you save by taking a GF2 Pro over a GF3: $165
Money you save by taking a P4 1.5GHz over an AthlonXP 1800+: $79 (CPU) + $22 (motherboard) = $101

All prices were the cheapest prices taken from a quick query of PriceWatch.

You could easily drop your AMD CPU speed to a 1500+ ($130), still have a better performing CPU than the P4 1.5GHz, and save $96.

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[AMD_Man]

yes, the Athlon XP 1800+ with 256MB DDR RAM and a GeForce3 (any one, get the one that best suits your budget, Ti200 is slowest, followed by the original GeForce3 then the Ti500 is fastest) is the best option, it will give you amazing performance in any modern game.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[bront]

No question, the AMD system. More ram and a faster CPU (clock speed and otherwise).

However, You need 2 RIMMs for a P4 system. Do they even come in 64MB?

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[bront]

256 MB of ram will do you quite well. 128 is ok... but would hamstring your system. 512 is better, but is probably not that big of a deal.

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[AMD_Man]

yes, they do come in 64MB. You CAN get 2 64MB sticks.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[lhgpoobaa]

definately the XP... far better than the p4 1.5.
geforce3 is better than the 2, but obviously more expensive. no idea if your budget can handle such a card.

256mb ram is much better than 128
and 256 should be adquate for most gaming and applications.
ibm 60gxp hdd are good. nice and fast.
just make sure the motherboard is a sis-735 or kt-266A chipset based, and your good


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[AMD_Man]

Get a Radeon 8500 LE OEM if you can't afford any GeForce3s.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Matisaro]

The radeon 8500 costs MORE than the gf3 ti 200, dont get it.

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[CoOLMaNX]

Sweet! 1800+ with the new KT266a chipset, and a geforce 3 to top it off..i'd recommend that over any p4 system today..unless raystonn wanna share that northwood of his

 

[CoOLMaNX]

Yeah, the cheapest TI 200 is $164 and the cheapest Radeon is $189 OEM. And if i recall the OEM version of the radeon 8500 is underclocked, and I cannot recall that ATI released better drivers for that badboy.