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
Are you an MSN dealer? I wonder as you place alot of your info as such. But really I apologize if you or another 8 year old took offense to the whole 8 year old thing. Just an inside joke gone wrong I think. What is up with your rig?

ASUS A8V Deluxe, Athlon64-3500 @2.65GHz
Kingmax 1GB PC3700 OC'd PC4200
640GB [4x160GB, 7200, 8MB]
XFX GeForce6800 GT 256MB

Do you have a life outside the web or do you only live via an rg45 connection? Holy cripes I wonder why any living person would need a rig like that. The Processor OK. The RAM OK. But what the heck do you do to need the space of half a terabite to store? And call me lame but XFX why? Sorry bud but someone had to ask. Why not spend some bucks on reality, not virtual reality?

Oh and as a human you should, if you deal with other human beings, know of actual human beings that go into stores and "gasp" ask about internet services. Even if you don't think that the Processor has little to do with the use of the web then at least realize that other people can not see that and look at the numbers as a guide line to see what they need. Heck Dell sells alot of computers to people that bought em due to one guy saying "Dude it's a Dell." Come back to square one buddy. I'm not the enemy I am here to shed light. 'wink' 'wink' Eyes are watchin!
 
lumpa22 said:
Hey when you have to pee then... Well 4, and bye the way you are well scripted for a 16 year old, sorry if you bought an E machine but hey at least you learned. And the same for Dell, dude you get burned once then you learn but then again learn to type or at least relax when replying cause you typed like drunk 30 year old (gulp....ahhh) when you replied to me. Nice sig by the way. Kinda confusing, over geeking, but also weird. Have fun Buddy.
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I try to act mature...most of the time :)

I got the Dell laptop and E-machines absolutely free (laptop from friend and e-machines from garbage.) I sold the laptop recently for $100, and still have the e-machines. I think free is a good deal unless i have to pay to fix it (which i didn't...both worked perfect as they were in pretty good condition)

My sig is formatted so advanced computer users can look at it and see exactly what i have and how fast it is. This cuts questions like "what type mobo you have that RAM running on" and all that stuff.
 
lumpa22 said:
Do you have a life outside the web or do you only live via an rg45 connection? Holy cripes I wonder why any living person would need a rig like that.
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He has a nice quality computer...and you accuse him for it? Hardly reasonable. I have seen better computers (no offense Praetor) and the owners have more of a "life" than alot of people i know. If he can afford nice hardware, enjoys working with it, and also likes to help people online...where is the problem? He's a college guy and makes good grades (from what i know) and certainly his computer is not #1 on the list. I wouldn't go assuming things about his life and personality based on the parts in his computer.
 
Do you have a life outside the web or do you only live via an rg45 connection? Holy cripes I wonder why any living person would need a rig like that. The Processor OK. The RAM OK. But what the heck do you do to need the space of half a terabite to store? And call me lame but XFX why? Sorry bud but someone had to ask. Why not spend some bucks on reality, not virtual reality?
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1. Professional digital photography. When each pass uses 1GB raw and each shoot goes through 3-4GB you'll start to understand
2. When you do professional DVD encoding and have to process 20DVDs a week you'll also understand a bit more.
3. As for XFX ... you got a better card for me? I'm sorry if im not the richie rich like you to get a ASUS V9999U

Why not spend some bucks on reality, not virtual reality?
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Fool, next time when you flame make sure you know what you're talking about -- like how much i spent on it.

Oh and as a human you should, if you deal with other human beings, know of actual human beings that go into stores and "gasp" ask about internet services. Even if you don't think that the Processor has little to do with the use of the web then at least realize that other people can not see that and look at the numbers as a guide line to see what they need.
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1. Yes but im not talking to the [supposedly] ill-informed -- im talking to you -- which is why I asksed you originally if you knew anything about computers.
2. I dont tell you how to live your life -- dont tell me how to live mine.

Now if you intend to flame -- come out and do so directly.

I have seen better computers (no offense Praetor)
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LOL none taken ... to be honest this was actually a budget system :P The upgrade [from the last one I had] only costed about 700CAD.

I wouldn't go assuming things about his life and personality based on the parts in his computer.
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Indeed as that'll land you in the big land of banned real fast
 
lumpa22 said:
Do you have a life outside the web or do you only live via an rg45 connection?
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rj-45



lumpa22 said:
But what the heck do you do to need the space of half a terabite to store?
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At work each database is about 1 terabyte ... and there are about 45 databases...

 
I had decided to switch to an Intel 3.4 from the 1800+ that i have right now, then read many different benchmarks comparing Athlon to Intel and realized that wasnt the way to go at all. I told the store I decided i didnt want what i had ordered (P5AD2 Deluxe, Kingston DDR2, 3.4 550) and paid 60 bucks restocking fee. Instead I got an Asus Nforce4 SLI, an Athlon 3500+ and a Gig (512x2) of Corasir Twin-X Dual Channel PC3200 LL. The Asus Star Ice 4 in 1 CPU cooler ended up being huge that i also got, I recommend buying this if you're gonna overclock a lot, it has a nice copper back and mounting. Now i just need a Geforce 6800GT or Ultra in Pci-E so i can put all this together.
 
I just completed rebuilding my home pc. I upgraded from an old HP Pavilion (8776c AMD Athlon 1000Mhz). Over the years I have been upgrading part by part and now nothing of the original remains (except the hard drive which is now a basic storage drive for infrequently accessed files and such). I could have saved a little and just replaced the whole thing when it was all said and done but it was a nice challenge to get everything working. We also have two laptops in the house ... a centrino based and P3 based processor. Both work great but I am happiest with my home pc which I use for video editing and digital photography.

I ended up chosing the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ along with the ASUS K8N and 1536GB 3200 DDR400 ram. I also chose an Antec Sonata case and All-in-wonder card. So far it is working perfectly and is far better than my original. The reason I chose AMD this time around was because I had such a great experience with my last pc. It was just too slow for my applications. It appears many are chosing based on brand loyalty and I suppose that's okay. I guess I sort of did the same thing. Price was also a very important factor in my decision making process.
 
I'm no processor guru but I have been researching porcessors for a while before I buy a new computer and while most say AMD is better for gaming, there is not a gigantic difference when looking at benchmarks. The processors I was comparing were the Intel 3.2 E and the AMD 64 3400. There was not a HUGE difference,maybe around 5 frames.

I do agree with ak Hitman 47 slightly but if i did have the chance I would buy an AMD FX hands down.
 
Ashmole said:
there is not a gigantic difference when looking at benchmarks. The processors I was comparing were the Intel 3.2 E and the AMD 64 3400. There was not a HUGE difference,maybe around 5 frames.
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The difference is a little bigger then that. On low resoultions you wont notice a difference but lets say on 1280X1024 the athlon has a 228.1fps vs 209.4fps advantage on a open gl game like quake 3

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041221/cpu_charts-13.html#opengl

In a direct x 9 game it also has a advantage a example farcry 1280X1024 the athlon has a 182.3fps vs 152.0fps advantage.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041221/cpu_charts-15.html#directx_9
 
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The difference is a little bigger then that. On low resoultions you wont notice a difference but lets say on 1280X1024 the athlon has a 228.1fps vs 209.4fps advantage on a open gl game like quake 3
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Perhaps its bigger but people contesting between 228 and 209 fps are just lookin for a pissin contest.

In a direct x 9 game it also has a advantage a example farcry 1280X1024 the athlon has a 182.3fps vs 152.0fps advantage.
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This isnt anything special due to "DirectX 9" mind you, its simply due to the damn near nonexistent latencies with the memory controller :)
 
Praetor said:
Perhaps its bigger but people contesting between 228 and 209 fps are just lookin for a pissin contest.
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:P that proberly true but the point remains if you buying a computer for gamming it probery better to go with athlon 64.

Now on the other hand if you buying a computer for more professional stuff you proberly should go with pentium.
 
mgoldb2 said:
:P that proberly true but the point remains if you buying a computer for gamming it probery better to go with athlon 64.

Now on the other hand if you buying a computer for more professional stuff you proberly should go with pentium.
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I don't know about that...Athlon64 is stabler, more efficient, doesn't that sound more businessy?

Athlon64 is good for gaming, but if you want sheer speed, Intel is better
 
I don't know about that...Athlon64 is stabler, more efficient, doesn't that sound more businessy?
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Who cares what it sounds like :P

Athlon64 is good for gaming, but if you want sheer speed, Intel is better
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Sheer speed is useless without performance :)
 
Hang on...Praetor just proved you wrong and you agree with him...:confused:

By the way mgoldb2 - its probably not proberly, lol

*Human Dictionary*
 
mgoldb2 said:
spelling never been one of my strong points :P
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Apparently neither has grammar.

Spelling HAS never been one of my strong points.

heeheehee, I love picking on people

No offense, of course

Back to topic

Praetor, what exactly did you mean? I am confused
 
I think I might be a little more than a little confused
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More thinking less impulse-posting :)

Praetor, what exactly did you mean? I am confused
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I meant exactly what I said. "Speed" is utterly useless without "performance". Notice how ATi video cards, with a 100+ MHz core advantage dont cleansweep nVidia? Notice how Intel, with a 1GHz advntage dont cleansweep AMD? Yes, well thats speed vs performance for you ... and speed mean jack all overall
 
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