Before upgrading my Pc I whant to know somethings.
I whant to upgrade to P4. 2.3 mhz and many people say P4 dos not get hot fast but AMB processor get Hot faster than P4 !
AMD is cheaper but P4 is not !
-What is the different between Pentium and AMD ?
-Shall I wait for Pentium 5 ? is it the same prise ?
-If Pentium 5 comes do the prise of P4 gos down ?
-When shall P5 come out ?
what i’ve got to say is processor speed now are way far ahead of all the other parts of your computer… If you upgrade your PC make sure you put LOTS of ram, consider switching to 512m or more, and get a decent 3d card, either for 3d working or games…
I personnaly like AMDs better because I hate intel and they always make crap, processors that go half as fast as they claim…
If you upgrade the WHOLE computer than make sur you get a large screen too (if you do designing stuff) i personnaly have a 21" screen and im really happy even though it did cost lots of $$$$…
It all depends on how much you are willing to pay for your upgrade. The newer Pentium 4 processors are by far better than what AMD can offer. Faster bus speeds and faster Rambus ram ensure that more demanding apps/games work well.
For casual use, I strongly doubt you’ll see any major difference when picking either one. As mlk mentioned, ram is key - get as much as you can!
Another thing, check out the RAM speed (i think it’s either 66hz, 100 hz or a 133Hz) because if you dont have the same speed for every bar of ram it wont fit…
I really dont know about processors though, but I think anything over a ghz and a 1/2 is fine… Processors are developped much faster than all the rest…
if you are into game take care of a good sound card to… with a good dvd player you’ve got your own home cinema :beam:
I recommend AMD over Pentuim any day, just make sure you get a good cooling system if possible a watercooling one works wonders, and get at least 1 gig o ram
Hey Kirupa man why would you recommend a processor thats better under non business oriented tests?? I mean i use my computer mainly for business not just for show know what i mean??
I’m an AMD man myself. If you’re worried about heat, don’t. With a decent heatsink and fan you shouldn’t have any problems… the new Athlon XP’s and most motherboards also have a heat shutoff feature that’ll power everything down before anything gets damaged.
My 1.63 ghz athlon xp 1800+ can easily outperform p4 chips up to 2 ghz in benchmarks, keep in mind it’s not only the Mhz that you should look after.
I like AMD. Thats just me. The new P4s with the higher bus speeds are looking nice though, and the hyperthreading is a treat. Of course if you google amd vs intel in terms of hate and sucks, you get about 5 times as many for intel
I personally like AMD as well. I know that the new Intel’s are supposed to be really fast but when you look at price comparison within the two - AMD is by far the better choice IMO. As everyone has said. You need at least 512 when it comes to ram. The more the better.
Ill just reinforce the RAM deal here. The more the merrier! … that may not apply so much to laptops since it can lessen battery life but otherwise beef it up!
AMD ois cheaper because it does not put as much money into advertising and security actually built into the chip, which also sends them to the back because they never spend to much money on the advertising side, i personally have the AMD 2400+ and it is real nice and i also got a pentium 2.3 ghz and there is no way it beats the amd in speed maybe in security but this takes up speed in the processor i say go with the AMD 2400+ and get a ****e load of ram
*Originally posted by mlkdesign *
**yeah - intel and microsoft both are evils, they poison our machines… **
so you hate Intel Becouse its with Microsoft ?
Of AMD with Microsoft then you have AMD ?
becouse you are a Mac user ?
Im not like that I need to know who is the good one and effecktive so the prosessor will last longer and have good effeckt ! I can work good with webdesign and edit Images and Films and play games !
-He also told me That AMD is good for games and nothing other stuff ! just good for gaming !
-Intel is good for everything he said `?
I whant to know why you guys realy like AMD becouse Im a Microsoft user and I like Microsoft but I like Pentium and AMD And Im having trouble finding the right one for my pc !
If you hate Microsoft becouse they are with Intel and AMD is not thats out of the *
Whats wrong with Pentium and wrong in AMD and good in these ?
Just tell !
Note:- There are many people I have asked, they said AMD is better but they have WinXP and they like Microsoft !
I think AMD is good ! but I just need some more prove ! -information and prove !
-He also told me That AMD is good for games and nothing other stuff ! just good for gaming !
-Intel is good for everything he said `?**
hahahha thats funny i wonder why he said AMD is best for games, maybe its because the processing speed and ram speed is better and because it renders 3D objects faster, AMD is better and faster than any Pentium chip except the xeon processor from pentium IMHO