The heading says it all. And if so how does it run , much better or worse
than a P3 1000 or a AMD Thunderbird 1200 ? Any problems with certain video
cards or sound cards ?
I am just about to get a new system so I am just wondering what would be
best to get atm. P4 1.7 , P3 1000 , or AMD Thunderbird. I will probably go
with the GF2 Ultra GTS 64mb video card and Soundblaster Live sound card so
the CPU is my only stumbling block atm.
Sid.
GPL running perfect.(as are all other games)
P4-1400
GF2 64mb Ultra
.....nice
Morgan Boof
Not as nice as a Athlon 'Axia' OC'd at 1.5 gig with an Ultra... Yum Yum
Doug
"Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> GPL running perfect.(as are all other games) > > P4-1400 > GF2 64mb Ultra > .....nice > > Morgan Boof > >Why is it there is always one zealot that cannot stand to have one enjoy
and be a satisfied Intel customer? I would think twice about AMD
before I purchased one, just hear a lot of compaints about
compatability to suit me I'd pay extra for stability.
Oh,.... is a Athlon a P4 ?..............seems that was the question.
> Not as nice as a Athlon 'Axia' OC'd at 1.5 gig with an Ultra... Yum Yum
>
>
Well, I don't think I'm a zealot as I've got both an Intel and AMD PC.
I have no compatibility problems with either. From the reviews I've read
however, the AMD does outperform the equivalent Intel chip. I can't make a
direct comparison between my PCs because they run different speed CPUs.
AMD Athlon 750 and Intel Celeron 466.
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Ian P
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JJ Sricklin <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Why is it there is always one zealot that cannot stand to have one enjoy
> and be a satisfied Intel customer? I would think twice about AMD
> before I purchased one, just hear a lot of compaints about
> compatability to suit me I'd pay extra for stability.
>
>
One thing to keep in mind... the current P4 motherboards require Rambus RAM.
Nothing wrong with that as it provides excellent memory bandwidth. But it
appears that the industry is moving away from Rambus to DDR RAM. I've heard
that even Intel will be moving to DDR RAM for future P4's. So in the
future rambus RAM may be difficult to find and expensive. If you buy a P4,
get all the RAM you will ever need for that motherboard. I'd recommend a
minimum of 256 megabytes. Especially if you plan on running Windows XP.
"Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> The heading says it all. And if so how does it run , much better or worse > than a P3 1000 or a AMD Thunderbird 1200 ? Any problems with certain video > cards or sound cards ? > I am just about to get a new system so I am just wondering what would be > best to get atm. P4 1.7 , P3 1000 , or AMD Thunderbird. I will probably go > with the GF2 Ultra GTS 64mb video card and Soundblaster Live sound card so > the CPU is my only stumbling block atm. > Sid. >Either of these CPU's are going to be outstanding for GPL. I would say that
the Athlon
would have a slight edge with it's better Floating point unit, but it's not
going to make
that much difference. All of the CPU's listed will run GPL without even
breaking a sweat.
I have an AMD 1200 with a 266 bus, no problems.
"Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> The heading says it all. And if so how does it run , much better or worse > than a P3 1000 or a AMD Thunderbird 1200 ? Any problems with certain video > cards or sound cards ? > I am just about to get a new system so I am just wondering what would be > best to get atm. P4 1.7 , P3 1000 , or AMD Thunderbird. I will probably go > with the GF2 Ultra GTS 64mb video card and Soundblaster Live sound card so > the CPU is my only stumbling block atm. > Sid. >On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:29:30 -0600, "JJ Sricklin" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Why is it there is always one zealot that cannot stand to have one enjoy
>and be a satisfied Intel customer? I would think twice about AMD
>before I purchased one, just hear a lot of compaints about
>compatability to suit me I'd pay extra for stability.
I currently have a Celeron 466 in one machine and a Duron 850 in my
other machine. The Duron very stable and I have never had a
compatibility problem. In fact I've never come across anyone who
could actually produce a compatibility problem for an AMD product. At
least not in the last few years.
Sounds like you have been listening to a lot of Intel propaganda.
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http://go.to/ra300z
Sound like a Dejanews( Google) search will get you up to speed.
> Sounds like you have been listening to a lot of Intel propaganda.
LOL Todd , na mate just want to upgrade and not have to do it again for a
long time. Hopefully :)
Sid.
"Todd A Norbury" <norbs.at@.optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> You shitting cash Sid?
>
>
> Sid Chapple wrote:
>
> > The heading says it all. And if so how does it run , much better orworse
> > than a P3 1000 or a AMD Thunderbird 1200 ? Any problems with certainvideo
> > cards or sound cards ?
> > I am just about to get a new system so I am just wondering what would be
> > best to get atm. P4 1.7 , P3 1000 , or AMD Thunderbird. I will probablygo
> > with the GF2 Ultra GTS 64mb video card and Soundblaster Live sound cardso
> > the CPU is my only stumbling block atm.
> > Sid.
>
"Anonymous" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> One thing to keep in mind... the current P4 motherboards require RambusRAM.
> Nothing wrong with that as it provides excellent memory bandwidth. But it
> appears that the industry is moving away from Rambus to DDR RAM. I'veheard
> that even Intel will be moving to DDR RAM for future P4's. So in the
> future rambus RAM may be difficult to find and expensive. If you buy aP4,
> get all the RAM you will ever need for that motherboard. I'd recommend a
> minimum of 256 megabytes. Especially if you plan on running Windows XP.
>
> "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:9eeF6.3532$[email hidden]...
> > The heading says it all. And if so how does it run , much better orworse
> > than a P3 1000 or a AMD Thunderbird 1200 ? Any problems with certainvideo
> > cards or sound cards ?
> > I am just about to get a new system so I am just wondering what would be
> > best to get atm. P4 1.7 , P3 1000 , or AMD Thunderbird. I will probablygo
> > with the GF2 Ultra GTS 64mb video card and Soundblaster Live sound cardso
> > the CPU is my only stumbling block atm.
> > Sid.
> >
>
>
With the caveat that P4's with RAMBUS only run faster with apps
speciffically developed for them. GPL will run slower. Not that you'ld be
able to TELL with that system. As fast as possible is always fast enough.
I just recently replaced every box in my house. Until that time I hadn't
used any CPU other than Intel for over a decade. There isn't an Intel CPU in
my house at the moment. I got more bang for my buck, with greater speed and
stability, from AMD.
If we wern't talking a gaming machine here I might feel otherwise. An Intel
board with integrated sound and video is a pretty sweet system for running
business machine.
If we're talking GPL as the primary app to optimize for I don't think
there's any question that you'll get the best performance from the AMD
though.
KFG
"JJ Sricklin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Oh,.... is a Athlon a P4 ?..............seems that was the question.
>
Go back and read the question again. You are wrong.
KFG
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:17:01 -0600, "JJ Sricklin" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Sound like a Dejanews( Google) search will get you up to speed.
>
>> Sounds like you have been listening to a lot of Intel propaganda.
>
>
Well I was hoping that you can enlighten me and everyone in the group.
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:17:01 -0600, "JJ Sricklin" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Sound like a Dejanews( Google) search will get you up to speed.
>
>> Sounds like you have been listening to a lot of Intel propaganda.
>
>
btw my quick search of Deja indicated that a most compatibility
problems had nothing to do with the chip but had to do with the
motherboard. Morale of the story? Don't go cheap on the motherboard.
Thanks guys for your help. Helps me make an informed decision now :)
Sid.
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