P43.06GHZ-HT VS Athlon XP 2800+

I wanted to ask anyone else that has read about toms post on the new cpu's from Intel. I wanted to point out that most people that dont know a alot about the P4's compared to AthlonXP see an AthlonXP2800+ compared to Intel Pentium4 3.06ghz as almost equal. I noticed that tom usualy doesn't include infomation that the Pentium4 compared to Athlons using AMD's mesuring tool compared to puting a Ghz lable. We are comparing a AthlonXP2800 thats 2250Ghz if I have my numbers correct to a Intel Pentium4 3.06Ghz. I see that if AMD had a cpu out that was 3ghz it would spank that Pentium 4 in almost every test minus any programs that like the Hyper Threading. I wonder what others opinions are when you compare the new Hammer coming out with the 3.06ghz Pentium4 with HT. I wonder who will be on top..


Ronnie

I am saying that people are comparing the athlons at a less clock speed to pentium 4s with higher clock speed and faster memory. if we could just compare pentium 4 to a athlonxp of both 3.06ghz with the same speed ram i wonder the outcome of the tests.

First off you can buy the 2800 333FSB and the asus A7N8X, which supports the 2800, from newegg, not preorder, they have it in stock, making what THG said about AMD's only competitor being the 2600 incorrect. Even if the 2800 was not out, the 2700 is. Also, the point that an actual 3ghz anthlon XP could spank a 3ghz P4 is more or less common knowlege to the techy type. However, AMD has not produced a 3GHZ chip so we only can compare best to best. I am interested to see what the clawhammer can do, but am still skeptical. For now THE P4 3.06 HT is the top dog, however it costs about $720 comapred to the 2800's $410. Not taking into account motherboard cost. On a side note, I find that the P4 HT being able to multi-tasks well not a huge deal. while it is a step up from the P4's lack of, AMD's chips naturally handle it well. I was watching video On a 1900+ while rendering a 900k poly scene in 3dsmax. The render probably took a performance hit, but it worked none the less.

Yet another "mine is better" thread. I don't know why people focus so much on clockspeed. It's not like there's a limited supply of it and you must conserve it or something. You don't pay per MHz anymore than you pay per HP on a car. Would a 3 GHz Athlon perform better on average than a 3 GHz P4? Most likely. Will an Athlon ever make it to 3 GHz on the .13 micron process without exotic cooling or a compromise in stability? Probably not. It's like saying would a Ford Taurus with a 550 HP V10 Porche Carrera engine beat a stock BMW Z8 with a 394 HP M5 engine. Well......ya, but do you see such a Ford around?

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I noticed the 2800+ pop up yesterday on newegg, and they cost a mint for OEM's

I tried to get back on THGF last night and the site would not load to correct myself.

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