Athlon XP 2500 vs Athlon 64 3700

[NightCrawler]

Curious how much faster the 3700 could be on certain apps. I know sometimes it isn't that much faster but in terms of percent what kind of a real difference are we talking 30%, 40%, 50% ?


BTW: No overclocking will be done, this is for someone who wants a rock stable (business) machine so overclocking is out.

 

[Davegod]

"real difference", in what?

giames? dvd burning? video editing? preparing the accounts?

LOTS. Except for the accounts, and dvd burning, or infact anything not bottlenecked by the cpu.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Curious how much faster the 3700 could be on certain apps. I know sometimes it isn't that much faster but in terms of percent what kind of a real difference are we talking 30%, 40%, 50% ?


BTW: No overclocking will be done, this is for someone who wants a rock stable (business) machine so overclocking is out.

for price/performance ratio, go with the 2500+, although if you look at newegg, the retail 2600+ is at $85, whereas the 2500+ is at $90, if you aren't overclocking, go with that. It'll be great for business apps. The 3700+ is just too expensive for anything besides gaming, which it rocks O so hard at

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Curious how much faster the 3700 could be on certain apps. I know sometimes it isn't that much faster but in terms of percent what kind of a real difference are we talking 30%, 40%, 50% ?

I'll say close to 100%, if not more than that.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
Curious how much faster the 3700 could be on certain apps. I know sometimes it isn't that much faster but in terms of percent what kind of a real difference are we talking 30%, 40%, 50% ?

I'll say close to 100%, if not more than that.

one hundred percent faster than an Athlon 2500? um, no.

I'd say my system feels slightly faster overall with my 3200+ A64 over what my XP2500+ felt like.

for an office PC, not any huge gains that are noticeable unless they are doing CPU intensive tasks.. (office job, doubtful) I'd go with the 2600+ like SneakyStuff suggested.

 

[Yanagi]

it really depends on what hes gonna do with it. I mean. for simple office tasks like word processing and using internet explorer he could even get away with a simple P2 system for 10 bucks. In games or really CPU dependant tasks the difference will be more noticable though.

 

[Calin]

It certainly depends on the projected uses. Just for a bit of "future proofing" the Athlon 64 are of use in normal activities. For many games, I doubt there is a difference in playing Quake 3 at 450fps on an Athlon64 or at just 200fps on an XP 2500
I don't feel there are many uses for a Athlon64, but right now I wish I would have purchased a better processor when I built my computer. A duron 600 is a bit slow compared to an Athlon 1000, which was then at a good price

Calin

 

[Kenazo]

go w/ an A64-2800 solution. Marginally more money than an AXP, (like maybe $80) and it will be more upgradeable. There are some decent A64 boards with video onboard too, if cost is a big issue, though if they are considering going w/ a 3700, I'm assuming cost doesn't matter that much.

What is the computer going to be used for? Go for a nice A64 (above 3200) if they are using it for CAD, video editing, 3d animation or something, otherwise it doesn't matter at all.

Cheap solution:
DFI Km400-MLV
Athlon XP 2500,2600, or whatever
512 megs pc3200 ram
80 gig hard drive (SATA or ATA)

Medium solution:
DFI K8M800-MLV
Athlon 64-2800 or Sempron 3100
512 megs pc3200
80gig SATA

Video editing and what not rig:
ASUS K8V SE DELUXE or similar (I'd stick w/ s754, unless money goes on trees, then go s939 and a really nigh end CPU)
A64-3200
1 gig PC3200
120 gig+ SATA, or if you really want to spend money go with raptors (don't bother with raid, not worth the $)

If stability is of the utmost importance:
Asus SK8V s940
Opteron 144 or 146
1 gig registered ECC pc3200 ram
I would be surprised if you ever get something w/ registered ecc to freeze up (for hardware reasons). You'll pay for it, but the stability will be unmatched.