Simviation Forum - Do I want a P4 instead?

Mar 1^st, 2004 at 5:28pm

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Answer me this guys, I was just presented a few minutes ago with the oppotunity to buy a chip from a friend who used to be an owner of a computer shop. The chip is an AMD XP2500, rated at 1.8 GHZ ( roughly a P4 2.5GHZ), Takes up to 400MHZ ram, and comes with a huge heatsink and a GIGANTIC fan. All for $90.00 bucks. I was saving for a high end P4, should I spring for this instead? Or should I wait to buy a higher end AMD? If yes tell me why, and if no, tell me why as well.
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Reply #1 - Mar 1^st, 2004 at 5:42pm

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Yes AMD are much better for games. They have support for 3Dnow, and extended 3Dnow. They also have a better and more up to date architecture. Also it has quad technology which allows it to do more stuff per cycle than a P4.

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Reply #2 - Mar 1^st, 2004 at 7:38pm

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Hyvry said almost what i was gunna say, go for the AMD

Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac

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Reply #3 - Mar 1^st, 2004 at 7:45pm

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AMD all the way my man!

Go for it!

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Reply #4 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 7:16pm

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looks like we have a clear winner lol AMD here

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Reply #5 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 7:40pm

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Yep, I think I will go write him a check now. Thanks guys. Grin

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Reply #6 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 7:45pm

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http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030521/800fsb-09.html

Performance = Intel.

Price = AMD.

Pick your priority then decide. Wink

AMD is the clear winner on price, if you are just gaming then go for the AMD, if you want fast MPEG encoding or fast video editing, then the Northwood 800fsb p4 (And its Prescott / Extreme brothers) is the best option.

You need deep pockets to buy intel..... Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 1:45am

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One word, FX
Look at this gaming benchmark, look at the green bar then look for the nearest blue.

Or this:

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Reply #8 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 12:20pm

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Hello..
It is true that games developers use P4? ..if so, could it be more addapted to games??. 8)

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Reply #9 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 5:24pm

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No, before fx yeah, but now fx is out, they only use the best.

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Reply #10 - Mar 4^th, 2004 at 12:05am

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I got it! It's so cute........ now what? Wink

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Reply #11 - Mar 9^th, 2004 at 5:56am

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..... Oh, Thats Funny! ...... Grin

( but seriously, Download AMD's cpu installation guide)

and please don't plug it into a p4 board...... ( it won't like it.)

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