Ok. PENTIUM 4 ! >>> need help

[obiwann]

Hi, everyone's nice here, tanx again.
I have questions about the P4 ...

1- A Pentium4 with Windows98 (2nd Ed) ... is it good ???
2- A Pentium4 with games ... is it good ???
3- I heard that the P4 are build on a new 64bit architecture and some say that this is too new and make some applications to crash, or that the applications do not use all the power offer by the P4 at this time .... is it true ????

tanx !

 

[Swanny]

1). It depends on what you are doing, alot of times you get more price/performance and more raw speed out of an Athlon though.

2). If they are SSE optimised games, that's about the only time it outperforms an Athlon

3). A. The P4 is a 32bit only CPU. No 64bit whatsoever. And I've never heard of it causing something to crash more than anything else.
B. The P4 has SSE2 capabilities. Most programs don't support SSE2 yet, so most programs don't use the full power of the P4. Even in ones that do, the Athlon is sometimes fast.


So if you get my point, you're better off getting an AMD Athlon.

 

[Wingznut]

1. Yes, very.
2. Yes, very.
3. No, that's just plain silly.

 

[obiwann]

Ok tanx !

if I do a lots of Photoshop, sound editing and video editing ....
do you think Athlon still a good choice ???

I've read that the SSE technology on the P4 are great with Adobe products like Photoshop ... is it true



tanx !

 

[Damascus]

You know you could check the other thread you started about this.
Some good feedback there.

 

[Deliximus]

There's also SSE instructions in the new AMD Palominos. Wait for that of all things.

 

[obiwann]

Do you know if the Palomino is out in Canada ???
If not, when ?

 

[Rand]

<< Hi, everyone's nice here, tanx again.
I have questions about the P4 ...

1- A Pentium4 with Windows98 (2nd Ed) ... is it good ???
2- A Pentium4 with games ... is it good ???
3- I heard that the P4 are build on a new 64bit architecture and some say that this is too new and make some applications to crash, or that the applications do not use all the power offer by the P4 at this time .... is it true ????

tanx ! >>



1. Reasonably good, however it performs significntly better under true 32bit OS's like the NT kernels.
2. Yes.
3. It is in no way shape or form a 64bit processor and is entirely compatible with current 16/32bit X86 software.

 

[obiwann]

All right, tanx a lot to everyone