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Holy crap. I've been away from this section of the forum for about a year and you's guys are STILL posting these fecking polls!!

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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Holy crap. I've been away from this section of the forum for about a year and you's guys are STILL posting these fecking polls!!

:roll:
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Hey, don't put all of us in the OP's corner!

I need more info on your computer use before I vote. 🙂

My CPU purchase history looks like this:

AMD, Intel, AMD, AMD, AMD, Intel, ???

I change my mind every other day about what my next system will be 🙂
 
well, we've got both A64s and P4s for our linux dev workstations and while code(java) is run with databases, we also do a little multi-tasking like some firefox(browsing) , xmms(music), skype(voice chat), evolution(mail), konsole all autostarting as soon as we login on our Linux desktops.

From our experience, we find the multitasking of A64 to be equal if not better than the P4s with HT. Particularly, its very snappy when miniming the current window and selecting another window. Maybe got something todo with better implementation in the kernel or maybe the 64-bit stuff, I'm not sure which one. Note that the JVM is 32-bit emulated on the A64s, though it decreases performance < 1%. All other apps are 64-bit and the distro is gentoo(single compiled image rsynced to multiple machines).

So, CaiNaM's statement that "i've had both s754 and s939 now, and i voted intel as while a bit faster in some apps, and most games, a comparable intel doesn't give up that much, an my experience while running multiple cpu intensive apps on winxp has shown the a64 is clearly lacking." could very well be M$ buggy/bad/poor implementation of task switching/cache/page/swap handling on the A64s.

Just my 0.02 🙂
 
Originally posted by: CaiNaM
i've had both s754 and s939 now, and i voted intel as while a bit faster in some apps, and most games, a comparable intel doesn't give up that much, an my experience while running multiple cpu intensive apps on winxp has shown the a64 is clearly lacking.
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It's more a problem of apps implementation to A64 than the A64 CPU itself as skar said, because there are intensive multitasking cpu apps where A64 is equal or superior. You are talking from the point of view of the apps that you use when multitasking, you must not do that.
 
lets not be so philisopical about this. its not just about what will do the job. truth is even via chips will likely do most jobs. fact is people are looking for bang for buck. amd is more bang for buck, intel is less. so while they will both do most jobs, saying either one isn't as helpful as saying AMD.
 
Originally posted by: skar

So, CaiNaM's statement that "i've had both s754 and s939 now, and i voted intel as while a bit faster in some apps, and most games, a comparable intel doesn't give up that much, an my experience while running multiple cpu intensive apps on winxp has shown the a64 is clearly lacking." could very well be M$ buggy/bad/poor implementation of task switching/cache/page/swap handling on the A64s.

Just my 0.02 🙂
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cainam's a kid who reads every post in which someone overrates hyperthreading, like my grand ma the bible. he will also quote those posts and call em 'facts'. i wouldnt take him too serious.
 
Originally posted by: Thermalrock
Originally posted by: skar

So, CaiNaM's statement that "i've had both s754 and s939 now, and i voted intel as while a bit faster in some apps, and most games, a comparable intel doesn't give up that much, an my experience while running multiple cpu intensive apps on winxp has shown the a64 is clearly lacking." could very well be M$ buggy/bad/poor implementation of task switching/cache/page/swap handling on the A64s.

Just my 0.02 🙂
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cainam's a kid who reads every post in which someone overrates hyperthreading, like my grand ma the bible. he will also quote those posts and call em 'facts'. i wouldnt take him too serious.
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There is a VERY clear difference between HT and non HT cpus, even athlon 64s, when running 2 cpu intensive apps.
 
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