AMD or Intel?

[TWills]

<<<is building barebones system for $600.
msi sli
a643000 (hopefully oc to 3800 performance)
gig kingston ddr
6600gt (for now get another 6600gt l8tr)

This system is cheap and fast. I'd say about 25 or 30% slower than absolute high end. Consider just how much more performance your getting with 3 grand. something to consider when splurging...

 

[otispunkmeyer]

im gonna say AMD64 for you

but i really do have to say that, even compared to my NON HT, 400FSB Intel P4 2.4Ghz (24x muliplier!) thats on a board with all the RIMM slots full (dreadful latency....all 4 RIMMS filled with PC800 RDRAM) MY AMD64 does seem to be less nippy round windows with a few things.

most notable is the period right after u load windows. the computers have basically the same to load up at start and the intel gets there quicker

of course after that its game over.....i tried cs: s on the p4 the other day and on 40player server im seeing 10FPS

 

[ohnnyj]

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

Intel's launch date is tomorrow and AMD is rumored to be not very far behind.........now, with that said, how thick will the paper be that launches those chips????😉 (hopefully not very thick!)

AMD is only releasing Dual Core Opterons this month. We will not see AMD Dual Coare on the dekstop until later this year/2006

Check out this thread here for AMD dual core desktop CPUs -> click me. I discussed the availabilty here, and so far it does not look like late 05/early 06. ETA is June.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: khicon

Originally posted by: Acanthus
With $3000 you can go Nventiv Mach II cooling on a Dual core pentium 4 with DDRII and SLI in a couple weeks.

$3000 is an insane budget, especially if youre not including displays or speakers.

I want a high end system so I don't have to upgrade for another 2 or 3 years. I already own 2x 2005fwp and Z-5500 Digital, so no need to upgrade those.

Get a $2000 computer and get a real soundsystem 😛

 

[khicon]

Haha... My room is small enough for the z-5500, no need any more power to it.

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: khicon

Originally posted by: Acanthus
With $3000 you can go Nventiv Mach II cooling on a Dual core pentium 4 with DDRII and SLI in a couple weeks.

$3000 is an insane budget, especially if youre not including displays or speakers.

I want a high end system so I don't have to upgrade for another 2 or 3 years. I already own 2x 2005fwp and Z-5500 Digital, so no need to upgrade those.

You're better of just saving some money for future upgrades.
No matter how much money you throw on a computer it's gonna be obsolete(relatively speaking) in 2 years.

Spending $1000 per year over three years instead of $3000 all at once would net you a FAR nicer computer in the future, and enough spare parts to build another one should you feel the need.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: khicon
Haha... My room is small enough for the z-5500, no need any more power to it.

That's what I thought about my z-560s. I was wrong. Reference is bliss.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: ohnnyj

Originally posted by: XBoxLPU

Intel's launch date is tomorrow and AMD is rumored to be not very far behind.........now, with that said, how thick will the paper be that launches those chips????😉 (hopefully not very thick!)

AMD is only releasing Dual Core Opterons this month. We will not see AMD Dual Coare on the dekstop until later this year/2006

Check out this thread here for AMD dual core desktop CPUs -> click me. I discussed the availabilty here, and so far it does not look like late 05/early 06. ETA is June.

Sweet