POLL: Which system would you use for your main rig?

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: corky-g
Have had both - Intel is more stable than AM in most applications that I use. My criterion is stability - period! A crashed speed burner is useless.

BS

i agree.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: corky-g
Have had both - Intel is more stable than AM in most applications that I use. My criterion is stability - period! A crashed speed burner is useless.

The 1990's called, they want their bullshit back!

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: txxxx
The intel needs dual channel memory to perform well, so its AMD for now.

i dont know wut you mean by well, but are u saying that a p4 3.2C without dual channel will perform better then a P4 2.8C with dual channel? as we all know, the 2.8C with 800 MHz fsb and dual channel owns a barton at 2.2GHz, so i clearly dont see how you expect a barton at 2.1 to surpass a 3.2C in performance. yes, dual channel helps intel, but dual channel only benefits intel 15% more in memory performance then single channel, not 15% is system performance.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: Mik3y

Originally posted by: txxxx
The intel needs dual channel memory to perform well, so its AMD for now.

i dont know wut you mean by well, but are u saying that a p4 3.2C without dual channel will perform better then a P4 2.8C with dual channel? as we all know, the 2.8C with 800 MHz fsb and dual channel owns a barton at 2.2GHz, so i clearly dont see how you expect a barton at 2.1 to surpass a 3.2C in performance. yes, dual channel helps intel, but dual channel only benefits intel 15% more in memory performance then single channel, not 15% is system performance.

Im saying that the P4 is only superior when it has dual channel memory. Dual channel really does effect intel performance. Unlike AMD's performance (mainly as a 12/14 branch predictor has a better hit rate).

 

[Markfw]

And your question said nothing of the P4 OC'ability, so until you benchmark, and for games, I still vote AMD.

 

[DieHardware]

Take the AMD....

 

[ectx]

3 AMD's and 1 P4. Cannot not answer which one is the "main rig". All pretty up-to-date none is far better than the others.

 

[MDE]

I'm using the Intel right now, and I truly can't tell any difference other than not having the Raptors. Oh well, at least I can run two F@H clients now. I'm overclocked to 3.36GHz (210FSB) without a hitch so far.