2500+M vs AMD64 CPUs vs P4EE@Tech Report!!!

[Megatomic]

That, and the $99 AXP-M achieved 85% of the P4EE 3.2's performance while costing 12% of what the P4EE 3.2 cost.

That's a bargain in anyone's (but slag's) book.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
That, and the $99 AXP-M achieved 85% of the P4EE 3.2's performance while costing 12% of what the P4EE 3.2 cost.

That's a bargain in anyone's (but slag's) book.

Yes sir, but don't forget it offers a good ratio compared to the FX as well. Also, every CPU in that review except for the more expensive stock XP's which it consistantly outperforms are each companies latest&greatest offerings so finishing in the bottom half is to be expected I should think. Then there's tha fact many who buy the XP-M are getting 100-300mhz more and substantially higher bandwidth from it than the one in the review and it starts to narrow the gap in many areas tested. I've seen more XP-M's@2.5ghz+ 420DDR+ dual channel synch mode than not since they have become popular, and in some of the games and other tests it would make for a nice performance boost that would edge it's ranking higher overall given those speeds. @2.65-2.7ghz which some are running with this chip on air it would definitely surpass others it sits behind@2.4ghz 400DDR DC synch mode.

Lastly, consider that many already have nF2 boards and 3200DDR or better ram but a CPU that maybe hits 3200+ speed max and that for less than $100 they can get a chip that is very likely to do 2.4ghz+ and higher FSB *thanks to being multi unlocked* with the same hardware, and they can recoupe a good part of that by selling their present CPU and I fail to see the downside for all those users If anyone isn't convinced there are many thousands of users in the XP3200+ or below speed CPU range with nF2 board who could in all likelyhood see nice gains from a XP-M, then have a look around nForcersHQ.com and you'll see a large number of members in that group and they represent just a small portion of the total# who fit in that demographic I'd wager.

 

[Megatomic]

I had to pick an expensive CPU to compare with. NewEgg doesn't carry the P4EE 3.4 yet and the FX 51 was cheaper than the P4EE 3.2. I was going for David vs. Goliath.