[Metallica1]

I want to buy an alienware PC. All i don't know if i should get the P4 3.2 Ghz extreme edition or should i go with the Athlon XP 64bit. I mostly want to do gaming and the rest of the machine is going to be the best components. Also what is the Ghz rating on the Athlon 64?

[Aaron]

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[ahmedramzi]

I think that it depends on the other pieces of hardware that you're about to buy. I suggest searching for PC's benchmarking websites if you want the best performance for your new computer.

[cspm2003]

I'd rather get an athlon FX-51 than a P4 EE. It's cheaper, and better. The FX-51 is he first chip to break the 30000 points barrier in 3dMark 2001Se, overclocked that is, but the oc P4EE had alot less points. Also I think that 64-bit is a good investement in the future

[XtremeMaC]

go with amd 64!!
I've read some good stuff about it!
and u don't have to switch to 64bit os. its interchangable. so it works with 32 bit as well..!!
from past experiences get a good cooling mech..

[Porn Loader]

im running a a64 3200+ and love it.

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from past experiences get a good cooling mech..

im running the stock amd heatsink, with the thermal pad that came with it. hottest ive seen it get is 39c. one of the benefits of 1.5v vcore.

[XtremeMaC]

hmm they must have changed something
I'v athlon xp 2.5+ normal temp is around 55

[R600]

I'll let you decide for yourself on the following:

Some guy said that you'd have to OC an Intel P4 3.2GHz to get it to perform like an AMD running @2GHz

[XtremeMaC]

that's too much exaggrating
internal clock thingy!
I've 2.5+ which has internal clock of 1.8333
so if u have
maybe 2.6 ghz ~ p4 3.2
this is good for amd if u didn't understand this comparison


@Metallica1 whichever you decide on, don't give up alienware!!

This post has been edited by XtremeMaC: 19 December 2003 - 05:30 PM

[canny]

R600, on Dec 19 2003, 11:19 PM, said:

I'll let you decide for yourself on the following:

Some guy said that you'd have to OC an Intel P4 3.2GHz to get it to perform like an AMD running @2GHz

Judging by your PC specs, too much bias.

It all comes down to user preference if you want an AMD or Intel. I lean towards Intel, but don't post bulls*** like P4 3.2ghz performing like an AMD 2ghz one thanks.

J

[R600]

hey, i'm not the one who said an Intel 3.2 OC'd performs like an AMD 2G.

IF you can read the first three words of the second line then you'd realise that it wasn't me!!

[Porn Loader]

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It all comes down to user preference if you want an AMD or Intel. I lean towards Intel, but don't post bulls*** like P4 3.2ghz performing like an AMD 2ghz one thanks.

uhmm... i dont do much with my computer. i dont do video/music editing, anything like that. i use it to play games for the most part.

if you are a futuremark/madonion member go do a project search and compare for 2001se. the top spot is held by an amd fx-51 at 3071mhz. the second place is a p4 ee at 4566mhz. thats a 50% higher clock speed. the "slowest" p4 on the front page is 3.8ghz (which is in 19th overall) vs. the slowest amd @ 2582 (18th overall).

amd screwed up with the barton 3200+.. it was more realistically like a 2700-2800+. now with the A64 3200+, thats where it should be.

[Famer]

Budget budget If you can do it Build a Atholon fx or you want big power Itanium
or even a xeon box with 12gigs or mem or Opteron 248

[Porn Loader]

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or you want big power Itanium

why spend $2000-$4300 (depending on if its 733/766/800mhz plus cache size) on a chip alone that runs 32bit apps slower than a 32bit processor? but it would be nice to max out the ram for one of those. 16 terabytes of ram. jeebus.

[Famer]

The coolness factor


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