Simviation Forum - AMD or Intel

Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 1:10pm

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I need a new MB and CPU. I would like an unbiased (if that's possible) on which chip set is better suited for FS2004. P4 3Ghz or AMD 3000+/3200+ or AMD 64 3000+/3200+

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Reply #1 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 1:43pm

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Rumor has it that AMD is better for gaming, but I personally prefer Intel, since that's all I've ever owned.

I know what you mean though. It's hard sometimes to differentiate between fact and preference...welcome to my hell!

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Reply #2 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 3:35pm

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Intel in this corner also !

£/$ - Performance wise, AMD is hard to beat, some of us have more money than sence, therefore are Intel owning snobs! Grin

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Reply #3 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 8:58pm

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Most benchmarks and people will tell you AMD games better. Intel encodes better...I explained a bit why in one of Hypernions posts but do some reasearch... Wink

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Reply #4 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 12:35am

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I might be the first to post this little idea, but AMD 3800+ and 4000+ 64bit cpu's are in the shops.

It might be worth waiting a couple months to see what prices do in the meantime. Remember, you heard it here first! Grin

The savings may help you to get the best video card or RAM to match the new system.

A chipset with SLI graphics support is not best suited to FS9 as it appears FS9 doesn't support Dual video cards.

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Reply #5 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 1:42am

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AMD's are better for gaming and other apps that require brute force processing.

Intel's are better for digital manipulation. This includes video encoding, synthetic benchmarks, 3d rendering, etc.

Since you ask for best suited for fs2004, get an AMD. fs2004, like almost any game, performs better on a AMD.

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Reply #6 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 7:27am

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Thank you for the suggestions. I always thought amd was better but some people said that FS is very cpu dependant and Intel was faster in that aspect.

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Reply #7 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 1:19pm

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BUT WAIT 3 WEEKS TO BUY. New AMD chip on the way its codenamed "Venice" Supposedly pops right up to 3Ghz...stock 2.4

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Reply #8 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 10:32pm

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The current clawhammer core fx-55 goes up way past 3 gigz.

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Reply #9 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 10:44pm

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Not without water, Vapochill or a Pelt Wink

Supposedly the Venice 3800 made 3Ghz without breaking a sweat 8)

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Reply #10 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 2:18pm

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For all practical purposes, the two major players are closing the gap on each other at present. AMD is not bad at encoding now by the way, it gets the job done nicely with the 64bit platform.

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