P4 or Athlon

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:06 pm

Ok, I know that most of you will say the Athlon just because this is an AMD board, but I was wondering what would be the better setup. I am heavily favoring the P4 @ 2.53 over the Athlon 2200, or the Dual Athlon 2200. The motherboard form intel, the 850E supports the 1gb Rdram Pc1066, and the AMD doesnt.

So what would be the best way to go, if you need more info, then ask me

Thanks

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:21 pm

AMD

From everything I have seen you get much better performance from an equal AMD cpu and all the parts are usually cheaper too. If you can't decide, what I'd do is write down all the parts you'd need and want for either and then search for prices and then compare. That will help your decision.

Welcome to pca

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:24 pm

Thanks! yea figured I would get an answer along those lines. LoL. well thanks for the help anyhow, I have a bit of a while before I actually purchase, about a year or a bit less.

blade · Post by **blade** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:28 pm

A year?

So much can change in just a few months so as you get closer you probably should ask again. The situation may be reversed by then. I hope not though.

I just like backing the lil guy.

Post by **sbp** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:49 pm

As blade said a lot can change in a year.

Right now AMD cpus are a better bang for the buck. Although the Northwood Pentium 4's like the P4 1.6a are good if you overclock the hell out of them. <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/icons/evil.gif">

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:50 pm

Yea much can change.
Whats the deal with the AMD Hammer??
Is that server?

Post by **sbp** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:52 pm

Originally posted by -]Black-Ice9[-
Yea much can change.
Whats the deal with the AMD Hammer??
Is that server?

The Hammer is AMD's next generation cpu. It will be 64-bit and be backward compatible. It will be available in a desktop and a server version at the very end of this year.

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:55 pm

So would this Hammer be considered the best chip out. Like the one everyone would want, the best.
ie the one that I should get?

Post by **sbp** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:58 pm

Since its not out yet, we will have to wait to see how it performs in comparison to what Intel has out at that time.

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 10:18 am

Does intel have anything that is supposed to be comng out to go against the Hammer as of right now?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:05 am

nope...Intel is not ready for the hammer'"athon"

Greg

-]Black-Ice9[- · Post by **-]Black-Ice9[-** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 1:57 pm

Since this is 64bit wont that mean that none of the programs out right now would be supported?

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 7:49 pm

the hammer is a x86-64 arcitecture and is backwards compatible with any of the 32 bit software out on the market... this is why its gonna be big... not only 64 bit but will still run the 32 bit software without any performance hit at all. unlike the intel Itanium 64 bit chips they are a totally new arcitecture and need software specifically designed for them... They have an emulator that will run 32 bit apps but from what i've read its slower than hell like running a P200