Intel or Pentium

[pen^2]

how about ford vs mustang

 

[Boogak]

Neither, IDT WinChip forever!

 

[EdipisReks]

how about florida vs orlando? i think that would be a good one.

--jacob

 

[fkloster]

I would have to side w/the Intel over the Pentium @ this point.

 

[Noriaki]

Ahhh I see, sorta like the chicken and the egg.

Without Intel we would have no Pentium, but without Pentium Intel would have nothing to sell so they wouldn't exist So how could Intel come first? But the Pentium obviously can't come first becuase it needed intel to make it.



<< i'll go amd when they make a good dual board with onboard ultra160. >>

Tyan Thunder K7. Dual Socket A, PCI64 slots, onboard U160 SCSI. AMD760MP chipset.

BFG10K: Yes we certainly do...but newbies don't always know how to search.

Anyway to the question, as I said, search you'll find this covered lots. I think you'll find the general concesus is that AMD and Intel are similar in performance (not at the same absolute clock, but a P41.7Ghz and Athlon1.33Ghz are both the top range product and are both competetive), but AMD costs a lot less for the performance.

I'd take Intel just for the chispets because (with the exception fo the i820) Intel has the best chipsets in the business.
But I'm tight for money, so I go AMD.

But boy oh boy is my new AMD board giving me headaches :|
Even after a clean install of Win2k I get BSODs every time I try to use my TV-Tuner and IE at the same time. Or just use my H+ at all .

I hate my new rig :|

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< ah, a nice flamewar topic. what are you doing with them? whats your measuring tool? sheer q3 fps at any res? p4. cheap speed? a4. divx encoding? p4. seti@home? p4. rc5? a4. survivability? p4. best space heater? a4. best OEM box? p4.; >>



I think ElFinex is the only one that has attempted to answer your question with any sincerity since you messed up the title and no one can get past that. I don't know what he means by survivability, but in my mind one of the major factors in this decision is do I have a viable upgrade path? With the current P4, the answer is NO! They will be introducing a new P4 by the end of the year with a new chipset format that will be completely incompatible with existing boards. AMD, on the other hand, has said that they are sticking to the same format for a while. A good example of this is the Athlon 4 which has the same format as the Athlon-c and will probably be compatible with some existing boards simply with a BIOS update. This makes AMDs chips look very attractive.

 

[johneetrash]

if i had the chance to buy intel or pentium, id pick intel... then id have all the pentium chips i wanted

 

[johneetrash]

well.. assuming you dont know too much about computers (assuming from the title anyway) id go with maybe a pentium 3 or pentium 4 so you dont have to deal with the via 4in1s or whatever comes with an AMD system...

i personally have an Athlon system and it runs great, and once you get past installing the drivers, it's really easy

 

[jhu]

intel or pentium, that is the question. personally i prefer the pentium over intel

 

[Wingznut]

I'd have to disagree about future compatibility being an issue on which platform to choose...

Socket A has been around for about a year now. So, if you had purchased a top motherboard last year, would you even dream of using it for the high-end cpu now? Or even if you purchased a top motherboard six months ago? Things change in this industry. And even though the cpu may still be compatible with Socket A, today's motherboard may be a very poor choice to stay on the high-end in six months.

So, when it's time to upgrade in six months to a year... I don't see many people just upgrading the cpu. And when AMD eventually goes to a .13um process cpu, I'd be real surprised if today's motherboards worked with it.

 

[AdamK47]

The titles can be edited, right? Why hasn't that been done yet?

 

[agg123456789]

Hi there. Well the first machine that I built was AMD based. (check my all purpose rig) I guessi kinda dove right in and went all out on the hardware that was avilible at the time (except for the duron, i like it because it was cheap). I think that both AMD and Intel based systems are really easy to build, and rewarding to use. I like AMD because of thier overclockability and cheapness. but that is just my 2 cents.

leave more posts if you have further questions..

agg123456789

 

[Passions]

Which do you guys like better? McDonalds or Big Mac's?

 

[eP?]

Ouch, looks like someone has been spending too much time in Off Topic. Just kidding...

Athlon all the way. Why? Because they're cheaper and they're awesome performers. (they are hot little Beotches though)

 

[Ben]

<< Intel or Pentium >>


<shakes head>

 

[frizzlefry]

<< Which do you guys like better? McDonalds or Big Mac's? >>



LOL!!

 

[MasterHoss]

Hmm, maybe he's on to something--maybe everyone should build an Intel Athlon4 using the nForce chipset.

 

[ElFenix]

survivability = the inverse of the likelihood of crushing your core when attaching your heatsink. the p4 is a tank! a tank!

 

[smp]

I dunno elfenix. I had a AMD 486 DX90 stuck to my fridge with a very high powered magnet for half a year.. I just tried it out in my friends old 486 system.. it worked. Now THAT is a TANK!!!

 

[ElFenix]

hey thats what i can do with these old or non-functioning chips on my desk! sweet magnets! glue it on the backside and you're set

 

[spamboy]

Man, Intel is way better than Pentium!

 

[julianf]

i like windows better than microsoft...

 

[peemo]

Neftel vs. Nefium. Hmmm. Tough choice.

 

[TruculentTucan]

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