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[KooL]

Which company u like better?
rite now AMD has the edge over intel with there 64 and FX series...

[Assassin]

But there arent really any 64-bit bit apps right now. I like Intel better, I have a P4 Northwood 3Ghz.

[football123213]

intel is the best and will be the best

[znithy]

The Winner is AMD.

[KooL]

Yea AMD is better, intel has no plans of making household 64 bit processors in the near future, they are only making 64 bits for buisness use...

AMD has the throne now, but they didnt before their 64 bits

[xboxrulz]

I love AMD for their price and for its speed.

FACTS:
AMD Athlon XP was rated to be for gaming
Intel Pentium 4 was rated for office use or for developers

[KooL]

i disagree, pentium 4's are much better than amd xps, p4s are powerfuller (lol) than xp's in almost all aspects, so how is athlons meant for gaming?

[Assassin]

The two things that intel are better at is their memory cache and the clock speed.

[Shackman]

I think there was a thread aobut this issue some time ago.

Anyway, AMD's 64 aren't really doing any good because it does not have any supporting programs or specific OSs they can work with. Of course, the 64 is way more powerful, but as I said, there are not much programs in the world that can tap its full potential.

On the other hand, Intel's new processors are very expensive but it pays because of its stability. Talking aobut stsbility, I use a AMD Athlon xp 1800+ but I do not experience stability issues. The only thing that irritates me is the noise from the CPU fan. My school's computers use Intel processors and I can hardly hear their noise. So from my guess, its probably that AMD cpus produce either more heat, or maybe their coolers jsut can't match Intel.

This conclusion isn't really all fair because I don't have the exact speeds of the school com's CPU and so forth, but this can show some info.(if you can pick up what i mean..)

That's probably why AMD is for gaming and Intel is from devloptment/business.

-Shackman

[cti]

intel will always have the #1 spot.

[Critical_Impact]

AMD is cheaper so its better for people who dont have as much money. But you can easily screw up an AMD if you make it your self.

[Assassin]

Only AMD's Athlon XP is cheap. AMD Athlon 64 is average and AMD Athlon 64 FX is the most expensive. AMD's Athlon 64 is similar to Intel's Pentium 4 and AMD's Athlon 64 FX is similar to Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition.

[hmongknight]

AMD No question about it.

[Assassin]

I think most people just like and stick with the company they first used.

[pr3dr49]

xboxrulz, on Jul 30 2004, 04:52 PM, said:

I love AMD for their price and for its speed.

FACTS:
AMD Athlon XP was rated to be for gaming
Intel Pentium 4 was rated for office use or for developers

Where are these facts from? Can you quote the source?

[chinfo]

Here's one:

Quote

PC World Magazine March 2004 Edition
First Look Section

Article: New P4s Offer Mixed Results (By: Anush Yegyazarian)

"...On PC WorldBench 4, both incarnations of the reference PC outscored systems with older-generation P4 CPUs. The P4 3.2E garnered 1 131 score, beating the 126 score of a comparably equipped...PC carrying the original 3.2-Ghz Pentium 4. And the 3.4-GHz P4 EE earened a score of 134, while the orginal...turned in a mark of 131....

...Nevertheless, a similarly configured 2.2-GHz Athlon 64 3200+ ABS...outperformed both forms of the PC. with a score of 139 on PC WorldBench 4. Meanwhile, three previously tested Athlon 64 FX-51...bested the Intel_based test PC, too, with an average score of 142."

You can other tests conducted by leading computer review firms, such as PC Magazine and see what they say.

[hungit]

Even AMD is cheeper than Intel, I choose Intel for almost needs and recommend for our clients, it is stable and running fine. AMD need a good environment for normal running as cool air or big fan and good mainboard

I didnt hear anything about AMD for game and Intel for office work. but for game room here (where people come to play game only), they choose AMD for the low cost in investment.

[Ariel]

I think intel is best and fast. I have p3, its old and work well!!!

[itasor]

i think that they are both just as good as the other.....like nike and adias

[zyklon]

AMD's benchmarks are a little higher but it seems that people who OC with AMD have more problems.

IMO, Intel is the best for me.

[Critical_Impact]

Overclocking normally gives you problems and will probably mean that you have a higher chance of your card breaking. If you have a normal card without overclocking it should last longer.

[zyklon]

Yeah but I always OC. Why not? Out of 3 intel chips I OC'ed none of them have fried. I tried 2 amd and the both over the course of a month or two overheated even know they had heatsinks that were powerful enough to cool a small house.

[Assassin]

I think its IMPOSSIBLE to fry them, becouse your chipset will usually always give you a warning and shutdown. I quite OC'ing becouse it raises the temps and shortens the life of your processor and you also get more glitches. If you OC on doom 3 you will get lower FPS then when your hardware is at stock speeds.

[nightdagger]

ummm why did you start a new thread when there was already a "best processor company" thread? in any case, i like amd better.

[truvu17]

Intel is just the best... You buy what you get... so there..