what are athlons good for???

mrgeorgedude · 01-21-2006, 05:58 AM

people say that theyre good game processors but do they do other stuff good too??? like music and videos and internet browsing???

Ku-sama · 01-21-2006, 06:16 AM

Listening to Music, Watching Videos, and Web-Browsing=Intel CELERON
Editing music, Encoding videos, Website Designing=AMD Athlon 64 X2
Games(for now)=AMD Athlon 64
Games(For Later)=AMD Athlon 64 X2
All Around=3000+-3200+ AMD Athlon 64

**ceewi1** · 01-21-2006, 09:44 AM

Exactly. Music, videos and internet browsing are not CPU intensive tasks, and will run fine on any modern CPU. If this is all you're looking for, then find the cheapest celeron/sempron you can get.

Intel has traditionally had the multitasking edge, but this has dissappeared since the introduction of dual core processors. AMD X2 processors easily beat their equivelant dual core Intel processors at any task.

If you're looking for an internet surfing/music/video machine, get a cheap celeron/sempron.
If you're looking for midrange gaming look at the Athlon 64 processor
If you're looking for midrange video editing/multitasking, look at the Intel Pentium processors
If you can afford it, look at the Athlon X2 processors. More and more games will be written to take advantage of the two cores, so they are far more future proof. They are also better for video editing, etc...

**Praetor** · 01-23-2006, 03:21 PM

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Editing music, Encoding videos, Website Designing=AMD Athlon 64 X2

Dunno about that video encoding thing ... had an easier time with the Pentium XE840 than my X2

Quote:

Games(for now)=AMD Athlon 64

Should be Athlon64 X2s, no reason we should be going singlecore in ideal situations

All Around=3000+-3200+ AMD Athlon 64

Or PentiumDs

01-21-2006, 05:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
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01-21-2006, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,237	Exactly. Music, videos and internet browsing are not CPU intensive tasks, and will run fine on any modern CPU. If this is all you're looking for, then find the cheapest celeron/sempron you can get. Intel has traditionally had the multitasking edge, but this has dissappeared since the introduction of dual core processors. AMD X2 processors easily beat their equivelant dual core Intel processors at any task. If you're looking for an internet surfing/music/video machine, get a cheap celeron/sempron. If you're looking for midrange gaming look at the Athlon 64 processor If you're looking for midrange video editing/multitasking, look at the Intel Pentium processors If you can afford it, look at the Athlon X2 processors. More and more games will be written to take advantage of the two cores, so they are far more future proof. They are also better for video editing, etc... __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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01-21-2006, 06:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	Listening to Music, Watching Videos, and Web-Browsing=Intel CELERON Editing music, Encoding videos, Website Designing=AMD Athlon 64 X2 Games(for now)=AMD Athlon 64 Games(For Later)=AMD Athlon 64 X2 All Around=3000+-3200+ AMD Athlon 64