Sleeping Giants

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Sleeping Giants: The Radeon 8500 and Pentium 4. Are they worth it? They are pretty much "Tuned into tommorow". They may seem like chumps to the competition, but are waiting for "tommorow" when they will leave the rest in it's dust. The Radeon 8500 is waiting for DX 8.1 support. The Pentium 4 is waiting for SSE2 enchanced applications. So, heres the big question: Is it worth it? We all know in computing that when tommorow rolls around, there's already something bigger (or smaller) and better and your'e left with a piece of junk. Since the Pentium 4 is not SMP capable anymore, Intel has angered quite a few people (including me) and has probably devalued their new Pentium 4's, especially down the road.

Knowing this: Would you get a Pentium 4 or Radeon 8500 (Regular, not DV (All in Wonder) Version.)

Questions
But would the Pentium 4, even with its SSE2 optimizations outweigh the competition in the coming year/years?

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Would the Radeon 8500 (or ATi for that matter) be able to keep up with nVidea?

bonus question: What are we going to do with that RAMBUS memory?

 

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<< But would the Pentium 4, even with its SSE2 optimizations outweigh the competition in the coming year/years? >>





<< Would the Radeon 8500 (or ATi for that matter) be able to keep up with nVidea? >>



Only time will tell.



<< What are we going to do with that RAMBUS memory? >>



I think this one is going to end up being decided by Intel, but nobody knows for sure.

 

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<< What are we going to do with that RAMBUS memory >>



hopefully it will be swept under the rug. RAMBUS sucks.

 

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<< Questions
But would the Pentium 4, even with its SSE2 optimizations outweigh the competition in the coming year/years? >>


In the coming years AMD will have their Thourghbred(sp?) out to compete against that and don't forget about Intel's and AMD's 64-bit CPU's in the coming years. Next year? or the year after?