Which is Better

kade · 01-02-2007, 10:01 PM

ok just a quick question in everone opinoin which is better a amd anthlon 64 3800+ to a intel p4 3.2ghz

Froboy7391_99 · 01-03-2007, 12:08 AM

athlon for gaming

ramodkk · 01-04-2007, 05:26 PM

definately, get the Athlon if you're going to be gaming

Mattu · 01-04-2007, 05:59 PM

Intel for multitasking, AMD for gamming

nffc10 · 01-04-2007, 06:06 PM

Pretty much what everyone else said, i've had an AMD for about 1 and a half years and my brother had an equivilent pentium, but when playing games the AMD totally walked over it, but the pentium was far better for multi taskin (as everyone has said).

fade2green514 · 01-04-2007, 08:24 PM

actually if it were between the 3200+ and that processor id say athlon 64 for gaming... but the two processors are fairly imbalanced. personally id go with an X2 of the lowest grade for AM2 and overclock it to like 2.8ghz.

Froboy7391_99 · 01-05-2007, 05:57 AM

doesnt the 3800 mean it's equivalent to a p4 3.8 ghz? I remeber hearing that somewhere.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-05-2007, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froboy7391_99

doesnt the 3800 mean it's equivalent to a p4 3.8 ghz? I remeber hearing that somewhere.

No, it's just a common misconseption.

XanderCage · 01-05-2007, 07:00 AM

nope, well what build of p4 are u getting because most p4's are 3.2 ghz, which people also misconsept about, thinking OMG 3.5 GHZ Woot, but really ghz is not everything to a cpu, Cache, Intructions per Clockcycle, etc... are what really matter. Please state the build of the P4 for further comparison.

StrangleHold · 01-05-2007, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froboy7391_99

doesnt the 3800 mean it's equivalent to a p4 3.8 ghz? I remeber hearing that somewhere.

Its what the first Athlon before the XP would have to be running at to get the same performance, Plain jane socket A Athlon would have to run at 3.8ghz. to reach the Athlon 64 3800 speed!

01-02-2007, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
kade Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 105	Which is Better ok just a quick question in everone opinoin which is better a amd anthlon 64 3800+ to a intel p4 3.2ghz

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XanderCage Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 220	nope, well what build of p4 are u getting because most p4's are 3.2 ghz, which people also misconsept about, thinking OMG 3.5 GHZ Woot, but really ghz is not everything to a cpu, Cache, Intructions per Clockcycle, etc... are what really matter. Please state the build of the P4 for further comparison.

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