P4 vs. AMD XP

[eloric the 2nd]

ok, i know this has been debated b4 but i need some fairly quick opions...... i fried my CPU and MB and i'm thinking of going to an intel system... my question is how does a 1.6 P4 northwood compare to an AMD XP 2000..... in terms of gaming, stablity and performace in general with no overclocking on either one.... thanks!!

 

[Hugenstein]

Without overclocking AMD is still a far better value. You will save $50-100 on the CPU and motherboard for equivalent AMD and Intel systems.

That said overclocking a P4 1.6A can really be a joke. You use the stock Heatsink/Fan and just set the FSB speed to 133 in the bios(at least for Epox 4G4A+) and you have a 2.133 Ghz CPU without any other part of the system overclocked.

 

[Markfw]

WITHOUT OVERCLOCKING ANYTHING the XP 2000 is definitly faster in general on all fronts, even an Intel fan would buy that statement. As far as stability goes, I think they are about even, and that could be debated all day. I like (in general) ASUS, ABIT and DFI (cheap, but OK) for motherboard choices. I hear that EPOX is OK, but the only one I ever tried, was DOA, so I went back to ASUS.