08-12-2004, 03:27 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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pentium 64 bit?
hey fellaz ive been thinking on buying a new processor (amd 64 bit) cuz i only got a 1.8Ghz pentium 4 right now (need the boost for doom 3 lol and maybe half life 2) but i was just asking if anyone knows about a significant upgrade coming soon to intels products cuz i dont want to waste money on the amd processors if intel is about to have something big come out thx
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08-12-2004, 04:34 PM | #2 (permalink) | |
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08-12-2004, 05:49 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I have to agree with Laserath, go with the AMD 64 bit chip, cause they will definetly be cheaper than any intel 64 bit chip that comes out.
Also remember that other than linux there is no 64 bit operating system out yet... so you would be only using this chip for gaming. |
08-12-2004, 06:58 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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he is probably being fooled by the common misconseption that an AMD running at 1.8 Ghz is the same speed as an Intel running at 1.8 Ghz. Well that is not the case. AMD's do more work per clock cycle than the Pentium's.
Say an AMD runs at 1.8 Ghz, that is about the same as an intel running at 2+ Ghz. With that out of the way, both companies have comparable speeds at around the same price. I would have to agree with both Laserath and iamii and go with the AMD 64 bit chip. What type of video card and ram are you running. I would think a 1.8 Ghz P4 would be sufficient given enough ram and the right video card.
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08-12-2004, 07:01 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Yeah, debianuser has a point -- today's games are far more dependent on your videocard than your processor and RAM. I'd say your system resources needed for gaming are 40% videocard, 30% CPU, and 30% RAM. Without a good videocard, your system won't play games worth a shit even if it's a 3.0 HT Pentium 4 or an Athlon 64.
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08-12-2004, 09:27 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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the 64 bit Intel Chip is called the P4 extreme edition http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-166&depa=1
now the question is, do you have the money? Last edited by Xepidemic; 08-12-2004 at 09:29 PM.. |
08-12-2004, 10:16 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
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08-13-2004, 10:43 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Socket 940 requires ECC Registered DDR RAM while Socket 939 doesn't. Socket 939 also benefits from a faster memory bandwidth. This results in Socket 939 processors that have less L2 cache and less clock speed than the Socket 940 processors actually having better performance. In a nutshell, Socket 940 was a move to keep AMD in the market temporarily in the super-high end users. Now that they've had time to design what they really need, Socket 939 is the way to go. AMD has actually discontinued processors for Socket 940.
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08-14-2004, 12:23 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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ia64 = Intel Itanium
ia32 (formerly known as x86) = Intel P4, Intel Xeon, AMD AthlonXP, AMD Sempron amd64 = AMD Athlon64, Athlon64FX, and AMD Opteron. the current amd64 architecture CPUs are reverse-compatible to ia32. Intel's next-gen processors will incorporate "EM64T" which is a set of 64-bit memory extensions. read about it here . It's interesting how history repeats itself...20 years ago, the Motorola MC68000's 32-bit extensions allowed it - an 8-bit CPU - to power the new Macintosh and Amiga platforms. One might also draw comparisons between the ia32 -> amd64 and m68k -> PowerPC transitions. |
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