AMD or Intel?, what way should I go??

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Kintoke

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well. I have another question..jeje, someone know a good guide to how put a Heatsink and fan to a duron CPU (socket A), including how to put termal liquid (I don`t know how to call it :)), well, thats all
 

Compellor

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<< well. I have another question..jeje, someone know a good guide to how put a Heatsink and fan to a duron CPU (socket A), including how to put termal liquid >>



Yeah, there's a really cool site that shows you how to do it in video format:

3dGameMan

Just scroll down the page to find it.
 

Kintoke

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Heyyy... Nos... you wanna arge something, aslo you zephr??, please, don`t let this post die...!!!
 

TELeast

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Dudes,

Get AMD period

Get AMD TB1000 and a ABIT KT7A-100 board and how much does that cost. Now it's a fact that TB1000 kicks P3-1000's ass in most applications.

And if you wanna talk P4 with me, then consider the cost for upgrading and then consider what happens at the end of this year when your motherboard is phased out. There will be a &quot;second phase&quot; of P4's around Q3 this year and they use different socket.

Now..to put in a final word, you just have to check this review..and this particular page. I know it doens't say everything, but it says enough already:

http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=abitkt7a&amp;page=9&amp;mscssid=&amp;tp=
 

gtd2000

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Kintoke,
From what I have seen the Duron route is a wise choice - assuming that all goes smoothly.
A few of my friends upgraded from PII and PIII systems - one of them actually had a PIII 733 and decided to get a Duron 600 and he prefers the Duron system.
I am in the same position as yourself, I have a PIII450 that runs at 600Mhz and I am thinking about the Duron - for the money you can't go far wrong. Have you tried to overclock your 550?
 

NOS440

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They pay me big time with rock solid performance and great support. if you knew what I had in this setup you would throw your T-Bird away. I have 580 total cost in the upgrade thats CPU, 128 megs Rdram and Asus P$T motherboard LOL!!!!!!!! It will smoke any T-bird period.
 

JoeDaddy

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NOS: i have to agree with you on that point you. To upgrade to a decent tbird system you would be spending $175 for the KT7A-Raid and another $330 for your 255mhz 1.2ghz tbird, hmm i think we may need some ram there. So lets say another $75 for some of that Mosel CAS2 thats rated to 143mhz. It comes up to $580, now why in my right mind whould I pay $580 for something that underperforms a P4? Hmm 1.2ghz tbird or P4 1.4ghz for same price....hmmmm

And please don't anyone give me the crap about having to upgrade your power supply and your case,etc..etc..blah..blah
It doesn't need to be done.

Second: It seems like everyone around here is arguing about perormance and then when they are proven wrong they turn around and try to use the the &quot;performance vs cost factor&quot;

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Sure the GTS Ultra costs alot of money, but its the best damn video card out there, is it not?

Third: If 3dMark isn't a good program to judge the performance of a cpu/gpu, what is? All I must say is that once the new release of 3dmark is out, that supports the SSE2, then we will see what going on. I would like someone can show me a 3dmark score higher that 9200 using a non-ultra card and then factor in the fact that 3dMark 2000 isn't designed for DirectX 8, just imagine what it can do. Then again who knows what AMD new cpu will/can do? But thats how many months away?

I would like to make this offer to everyone. You tell me what programs to use to benchmark my system. What we need is a damn standard around here.

Ready to see what a P4 can do?

Large files, modem users beware. (Sorry gotta hate 1280x1024)
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Heres a smokin P4 system
 

Zephyr

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<< Hell with it get a P-4 I did and it will make any AMD chip look silly !!!!!!!!! >>



ROTFL .. yeah right.. you believe in santa too right NOS? :p
 

NOS440

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JoeDaddy thats a smokin setup you have there do I smell raid ???? You got me beat your memory can clock higher than my NEC. But the USPS is bringing me some of that Samsung tomorrow so this will all change. I think my CPU is a jewel beause slowing the memory allows me 1708 and maybe more with good memory and a descent cooler you wouldn't believe this bony one I have now. I'm gonna wait for the good cooler companies to bring out there cooler like maybe a Alpha or something this one cost me a whopping $9 LOL!!!!!!!!


Zephyr your living in Denial dude !!!!!! The p-4 is gonna steam roll over anything AMD has to offer in 2001 !!!!
 

Dexion

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<< Hmm 1.2ghz tbird or P4 1.4ghz for same price....hmmmm >>



I don't see how its even CLOSE to being the same price. The 1.5Ghz is listed at $755 on pricewatch, add that with the board, RAMBUS ram and a new powersupply. I can purchase two 1.2Ghz Tbird, motherboard &amp; ram combos with some money left over to get some quality sound cards.

Its simply the fact that these 1.5 P4's aren't extremely attractive nor do they really outpreform the Tbird even with their high clock speed. Granted that you get nice results in Sisoft Sandra, but most real hardware enthusiasts know that Sisoft Sandra isn't a reliable nor a real rendition of the performance. Real world applications is what counts. The fact is, the Tbird FPU is still much more powerful than any Intel alternative.
 

NOS440

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What a dork who said I bought it off pricewatch !!!!!!!! Who cares you could offer me 2 full t-bird systems for my P-4 and I would say no way get thats flaky sh!t outta here. Also why are you talking about a 1.4 and quoting a 1.5 you are so full of sh!t !!!!!
 

Zephyr

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<< Zephyr your living in Denial dude !!!!!! The p-4 is gonna steam roll over anything AMD has to offer in 2001 !!!! >>



I'm not sure I'm the one living in denial here... do you wanna back that somewhat controverse statement with some benchmarks? nah I didn't think so

you seem to have the future pretty muchfigured out.. are you a fortune teller? can you in that case plese explain to me how is it that the P4 will &quot;stomp all over&quot; a Palomino based on SOI? I'm keen to hear that *LOL*
 

NOS440

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Sure which ones will you except I'm sure they will only be synthetic But I'm sure I can spank any T-bird you can muster up. besides there are some below done by Joedaddy what there not good enough for ya ???
 

NOS440

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<<you seem to have the future pretty muchfigured out.. are you a fortune teller? can you in that case plese explain to me how is it that the P4 will &quot;stomp all over&quot; a Palomino based on SOI? I'm keen to hear that *LOL*>>>


Where is this phathom processor ?????
 

Mikewarrior2

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Disclaimer Title, Again

To: Everyone but Nos440

Re: Intel Zealotry

Ignore NOS440s posts. You cannot change his opinion nor his stance on Intel. Many have tried and failed before. I fully understand the effort to show NOS440 the light, but it is not worth your time. There is no &quot;human&quot; way to change his opinion. Just look at his Pentium IV post today.


Mike
 

NOS440

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To: Everyone but Mikewarrior2

Re: AMD Zealotry

Ignore Mikewarrior2 posts. You cannot change his oppinion nor his stance on AMD. Many have tried and failed before. I fully understand the effort to show Mikewarrior2 the light, but it is not worth your time. There is no &quot;human&quot; way to change his oppinion. just look his Post below .
 

JoeDaddy

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Damn it Dexion, I told you that you don't have to buy a new power supply or case. I'm using my old 300 watt Sparkle PS and it works just fine.
So what &quot;real world applications&quot; should I use to test this thing with? Quake 3,Word 2000, Napster,etc..etc..blah..blah

You tell me what application you want me to benchmark my system with and I will do it and post the results here.

Thanks for the praise NOS, but nope no raid here. Just running my 20GB Maxtor ATA66 ide drive.

So come on everyone, here is your change to shut the Intel zealots up. Let me know what you want me to me to bench it with.
 

Mikewarrior2

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Nos440,

where do I post about AMD? DO i recommend AMD over intel or the reverse... I do NO cpu recommendations.


Mike
 

NOS440

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Mikewarrior2 the proverb goes &quot;live by the flame die by the flame&quot; (NOS440 2001 anandtech forum)
 

Dexion

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Oh please. This has become a Flame war thanks to NOS, who is totally stubborn and won't debate intellectually.




<< So come on everyone, here is your change to shut the Intel zealots up. Let me know what you want me to me to bench it with. >>



Theres no need for you to do it, we have Anandtech, Toms and thousands of other NON-BIASED people that can bench it.
 

NOS440

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Oh please the only one flaming is you !!!!!!!! where are the Intellectual arguement all I hear is Price Price Price
 

Dexion

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<< with that whine man what a whiner !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! I think if AMD would get off that wallet and there dead a$$ then people would have to do this in there spare time. Thats what I'm saying they don't support there products worth a sh!t.
In time you will be crying the AMD blues you Zealot !!!!!!
Oh your still in college that explains it never mind .
Zephyr your living in Denial dude !!!!!!
&quot;live by the flame die by the flame&quot;
>>



Basically sums up this whole topic/thread.

 

NOS440

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Dexion since when are you Zephyr's defendor he does alright on his own and we both enjoy these debates or we wouldn't get in them. If you don't have anything to add here than just go away. If my opinion bothers you don't read it. Who the he!! died and left you in charge ???