Intel/AMD comparison
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E6300 and 6400 Allendale are value for money, they also can be insanely overclocked stock thereby providing even more added value, the increased cache in the Conroe doesn't really help as there are fewer applications today to take full advantage of the cache. The irony is that Intel uses an on board memory controller whereas AMD uses inbuilt which is truly superior yet Intel managers better benchmarks than AMD and speaking of AMD, they have already made a change to newer AM2 slot to support DDR-II memory which doesn't really give them a jump in performance over Intel C2D which uses DDR-II by default, now I hear AMD will go through another board change where they will use DDR-III which is truly foolish as that would mean in a year, your AM2 socket boards are obsolete. At least in case of Intel, the socket 775 is also supporting the newer quad core CPUs. The best chipstet to buy for C2D would be the i965 which is the latest chip from Intel fully optimized for C2D, the older i945 and i975 are from previous generation modified to support C2D.
And while the debate continues and AMD contemplates catch up, Intel launches quad core CPU to the world.
http://www.techspot.com/review/27-intel-core2-extreme-qx6700-quad/
http://www.techspot.com/review/27-intel-core2-extreme-qx6700-quad/
C'mon buckaroos, grasp thine feminine aspect of yerselves'.
This IS the age of the emasculated male!!!!!!
Determine which CPU you to obtain by determing which one is prettiest or matches thine interior decorating scheme.
It's sooooo much easier to make decisions based upon those....
Feeeeeeeeelings..... whoa whoa oh oh those........
feelings. La la la la la......
Yep
This IS the age of the emasculated male!!!!!!
Determine which CPU you to obtain by determing which one is prettiest or matches thine interior decorating scheme.
It's sooooo much easier to make decisions based upon those....
Feeeeeeeeelings..... whoa whoa oh oh those........
feelings. La la la la la......
Yep
Amen brother. OTOH: I'm not up to scratch building a laptop...
So, Last week I bought an ACER Aspire 9300-5317 with an AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6Ghz 2x256KB L2 cache). How powerful is this chip in comparison to the current crop of bit humpers?
So, Last week I bought an ACER Aspire 9300-5317 with an AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6Ghz 2x256KB L2 cache). How powerful is this chip in comparison to the current crop of bit humpers?
About a year ago I did do a major upgrade on a 5 or 6 year old Sony Vaio laptop. CPU, memory, hard drive, BIOS and DVD burner. Today, I could by a new laptop with similar capabilities for what the upgrade parts cost me.
Had I bought a new el-cheapo I would be missing the added experience and knowledge I gained from the upgrade and the new el-cheapo probably wouldn't be as solidly built. I wouldn't scratch build a lap top though.
According to AMD's roadmap, DDR3 will be offered 2008. Click on Platform at top: http://www.amdcompare.com/techoutlook/
Yes, the core duo's are the best cpu's, but we are not talking about this cpu. This is a Pentium D 805 vs an amd 3200. For most if not all tasks the amd will be the better choice.
It didn't take long for the price to drop. That same processor is now included in Dimension E520
Dual Core/P4 price ... or effectively $237 cheaper.
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I'd probably buy Intel. Not because AMD is lesser, it is that the corresponding chipsets at the mainboard are not as well worked out. May be because they aren't filtered by the time factor yet, or there is not enough competition for mainboards on the AMD side, or else because AMD doesn't build mainboards to play a model. Also add that the most sofware are optimized for the Intel chipsets from the first versions.
Even with 3D modelling and rendering my time loss caused by the computers is seldom because of the processor speed. IMHO, today, stability is much more important than the advertised speeds. After a sad AMD experience I think stability is the weakest link nowadays. I find the happiness in Intel processors on Intel mainboards preferably, if not the Intel chipsets.
This may sounds like an ad. I did bought the AMD, because it was the competititor, alternative and the rare one with the cool logotype. I still think they are great processors but the things that you have to couple with them are not matchingly stout. When you face with hardware failures with the most expensive mainboards you get the hard fact.
I don't think I'd buy another AMD without a complete system warranty (software included).
Even with 3D modelling and rendering my time loss caused by the computers is seldom because of the processor speed. IMHO, today, stability is much more important than the advertised speeds. After a sad AMD experience I think stability is the weakest link nowadays. I find the happiness in Intel processors on Intel mainboards preferably, if not the Intel chipsets.
This may sounds like an ad. I did bought the AMD, because it was the competititor, alternative and the rare one with the cool logotype. I still think they are great processors but the things that you have to couple with them are not matchingly stout. When you face with hardware failures with the most expensive mainboards you get the hard fact.
I don't think I'd buy another AMD without a complete system warranty (software included).
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