Intel 670 vs. comparable AMD

[peleejosh]

OK so my friend and I are building his dad a computer. He will be using for Dragon Naturally speaking mostly. But maybe some video editing and dvd burning. My friend is convinced that the pentium will do better than any amd (single core) in the editing and the naturally speaking program. Help me prove him worng. I need links to benchmarks and real world tests. I am an amd person, but i moslty game. Also no overclocking will be done.

 

[Markfw]

All I can say is why a 670 ? Its $600, and your X2 3800 @~$322 will spank it badly at video editing, and maybe at the other software (if its multi-threaded). Burning runs the same speed almost no matter that cpu you have, the burner speed is the important thing.

 

[Furen]

Since he seems to be somewhat of a power user (I'm assuming real video editing, not video transcoding), I'd suggest going dual-core for sure. If he only re-encodes video then I guess it depends on his codecs, but I'd still go dual-core. So yes, for that cash going for an X2 3800+ or an X2 4400+ would probably be the best thing. Also, telling him that the AMD system with a dual-core CPU would use up about HALF the power as a Pentium 4 670 system may help.

 

[carlosd]

Tell him to get a X2, there is o point getting a 670 for video editing which is much more expensive and much slower.

 

[Viditor]

You asked for links...
First, look up the cheapest 670 on Pricewatch ($590.50)
Then see what AMD chip is comparable...(X2 4400 is $490, the 4600 is $625)
Let's choose the 4400 and save him some cash...
Tech report rendering comparison
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As you'll note, the X2 4200 is ~twice as fast as the 670 on rendering in these tests...and that's how transitions for editing are created.

And while this link from Xbit only has the X2 4800, you can pretty much extrapolate the difference on editing software for the X2. While Intel still is superior on single core vs single core for editing (though it's close), the X2 dual cores run away with the title...

Hope that helps...

 

[fatty4ksu]

Originally posted by: peleejosh
OK so my friend and I are building his dad a computer. He will be using for Dragon Naturally speaking mostly. But maybe some video editing and dvd burning. My friend is convinced that the pentium will do better than any amd (single core) in the editing and the naturally speaking program. Help me prove him worng. I need links to benchmarks and real world tests. I am an amd person, but i moslty game. Also no overclocking will be done.

You can't. When it comes to single core, the p4's blow the AMD 64's outta the water.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu

You can't. When it comes to single core, the p4's blow the AMD 64's outta the water.

This is of course not true...but in single core vs single core, the Intel will usually be ~3-8% faster (only in video streaming). Not exactly a massive difference, and you won't really notice it when you edit (which is what I do for a living)...

 

[n7]

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
You can't. When it comes to single core, the p4's blow the AMD 64's outta the water.

ROFLMAO

Yep, they sure do :laugh: :laugh:

 

[AntiStatic]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu

Originally posted by: peleejosh
OK so my friend and I are building his dad a computer. He will be using for Dragon Naturally speaking mostly. But maybe some video editing and dvd burning. My friend is convinced that the pentium will do better than any amd (single core) in the editing and the naturally speaking program. Help me prove him worng. I need links to benchmarks and real world tests. I am an amd person, but i moslty game. Also no overclocking will be done.

You can't. When it comes to single core, the p4's blow the AMD 64's outta the water.

so... how long have you been smoking teh crack?

 

[rgreen83]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
You can't. When it comes to single core, the p4's blow the AMD 64's outta the water.

Arent these the kind of asinine comments that made you so popular way back when? Hell even tomshardware will tell you the A64 is better, single and dual core.