Which CPU brand do you choose?

Your CPU brand

  • AMD

    Votes: 455 62.0%

  • Intel

    Votes: 262 35.7%

  • Power PC

    Votes: 8 1.1%

  • other (specify)

    Votes: 9 1.2%
  • Total voters
    734
Scrat said:
:D i like AMD purely for the fact that they don't play that anoying gingle like Intel
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lol

Power PC made processors? Aren't they the company that also makes those good psus? Anyone know if their procs are good at all?
 
Yea, I also think the thing is in the Intel`s L2 cache. Since they brought it back to 256 it all works better AND faster, but, still......
 
Yea, I also think the thing is in the Intel`s L2 cache. Since they brought it back to 256
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do you mean back to 256bit width? the L1->L2 cache width has been 256bit for a long time.
 
Amd Withstand Longer Periods Of Overclocking And Stay Cooler Than Intel Although The Old Piii Was A Good Overclocker. But For Me Its Got To Be Amd Everytime. ;)
 
I think dorothy means 256k cache, people were saying that on this thread a couple days ago about smaller cache running smoother.
 
Cromewell would be correct the Intell has not had a 256k cache since the Williamette core, a few years back. As for the processor, I prefer Intel, because AMD is worthless when youre trying to multitask. I am and architect and i also build PC's on the side, and it's a proven fact that Intel multi-tasks better. I would presume that most people on here are gamers, so they would naturaly be leaning towards AMD. Its all a matter of personal prefference, and what you will use you machine for. I personally run a P4, because i can play some mad Doom 3, and then when its time to work, not have to worry that my PC will be slow enought to annoy me when i'm drawing a multi-story office building.
 
Actually in my experiences I have the completely opposite opinion. I've owned a a 200mhz Pentium, 733mhz P3 and a 2.6ghz P4, and none of them run even 1 task well, let alone starting 4 tray programs simultaneously (on the P4). I also have owned a 1.2ghz T-bird, 1.4ghz Athlon XP 1600+, 2.2ghz XP 3200+, and a 2.0ghz 3200+ Athlon 64. So far, every one of those run everything I want them to do perfect. And right now I'm on the Thunderbird with 3 different windows open, and in the past I've had Halo (minimized), 8 IE windows, Avast doing a virus scan, AIM main window open and talking to people on both AIM and MSN, all at the same time and this Athlon STILL keeps running smooth, and this thing is almost 5 years old! So multitasking is for my AMD's, and gaming, and come to think of it, everything else too.
 
i like AMD purely for the fact that they don't play that anoying gingle like Intel
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Hehe yeah but thats really effective

Power PC made processors? Aren't they the company that also makes those good psus? Anyone know if their procs are good at all?
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PowerPC is a line of processors ....

thats just a clock speed frecency that dosn;t mean everything for the speed of a CPU
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Actually the speed of a processor is measured in Hz..... of course it means nothing for performance ... but thats not the point here...

Yea, I also think the thing is in the Intel`s L2 cache. Since they brought it back to 256 it all works better AND faster, but, still......
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Actually .... (1) As cromewell noted, the pentium line of products hasnt featured 256K of L2 since circa 2000 ... (2) if you mean the CeleronD (which is the most recent Celeron series), that indeed does feature 256K L2 (up from L2) and (3) with intel procs, wheneve intel increases the amount of cache, they tend to slow it down (quality vs quanity again)

do you mean back to 256bit width?
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You mean 4-way 64bit?

As for the processor, I prefer Intel, because AMD is worthless when youre trying to multitask
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Thats a dangerously broad statement though....
 
i like AMD purely for the fact that they don't play that anoying gingle like Intel
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But Intel has the Blue Men, and annoying jingle or not the Blue Man Group makes everything good :D
You mean 4-way 64bit?
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Yes, but for simplicity/common misconception I say 256bit
 
Hey man, nothing's wrong with Athlon XP's, I just bought one. Unless you got over 8gb's of RAM or for some reason think the features of those 64-bit programs in Windows XP x64, you don't need it, and although they are a little faster(Athlon 64's), most people probably won't even notice a difference and XP's are so cheap, if it's too slow just get a better one.
 
AMDCam said:
Hey man, nothing's wrong with Athlon XP's, I just bought one. Unless you got over 8gb's of RAM or for some reason think the features of those 64-bit programs in Windows XP x64, you don't need it, and although they are a little faster(Athlon 64's), most people probably won't even notice a difference and XP's are so cheap, if it's too slow just get a better one.
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umm...the difference between A64 and AthlonXP chips is not small, you will notice a large gain in performance, and the on-die memory controller is great. The advances such as PCI-E support and HTT really cream the AthlonXP's.

you can't just go and buy a new AthlonXP anymore, they are discontinued. Meaning they don't make them anymore, so in a year or two when you need a new processor (just assuming) you won't be able to find one, and you'll have to buy an entirely new computer. Even now they are getting more scarce.
 
Hey man, nothing's wrong with Athlon XP's, I just bought one. Unless you got over 8gb's of RAM or for some reason think the features of those 64-bit programs in Windows XP x64, you don't need it, and although they are a little faster(Athlon 64's), most people probably won't even notice a difference and XP's are so cheap, if it's too slow just get a better one.
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Wow ... so you mean the on-die memory controller which lets a cheapo S754 Semrpon take on a full-out Pentium4 560 and results in a stupidly large latency drop results in a "unnoticeable difference" .... whoa ;)
 
Alright, that's cool, I've got an Athlon 64 too, but I'm about 100% sure that my computer can hold it's own to any mid-range Athlon 64 without any good features like dual-core or PCIe compatibility. I was just trying to help the guy out by telling him that XP's aren't futile in comparison, they can still push some data. I know for a fact that the 64's are beasts, I got a laptop with a 3200+ and that thing can run, even with the slow hard drive (5,400 rpm) and pitiful graphics card (GeForce 4 MX440). You should know 4w4k, you got one and I'm not bias in any way to either of them (64's or XP's). I'm just saying don't turn your back on guys with XP's, because at the moment unless you got something as high and higher than a 3800+ 64, you're gonna see some competition with those "old" or "budget" pc guys.
 
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Alright, that's cool, I've got an Athlon 64 too, but I'm about 100% sure that my computer can hold it's own to any mid-range Athlon 64 without any good features like dual-core or PCIe compatibility. I was just trying to help the guy out by telling him that XP's aren't futile in comparison, they can still push some data. I know for a fact that the 64's are beasts, I got a laptop with a 3200+ and that thing can run, even with the slow hard drive (5,400 rpm) and pitiful graphics card (GeForce 4 MX440). You should know 4w4k, you got one and I'm not bias in any way to either of them (64's or XP's). I'm just saying don't turn your back on guys with XP's, because at the moment unless you got something as high and higher than a 3800+ 64, you're gonna see some competition with those "old" or "budget" pc guys.
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Absolutely and you do make a good point indeed however given that:
1. The AthlonXPs are discotninued and have been for quite some time
2. The cost of a S754 platform is quickly (if not already) moving in to fill the price bracket of a S462 setup and thus kinda cementing the death of the S462 :) Hell one could even argue that a decent S754 platform could be had for cheaper than a decent S462 setup too :)
 
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