Which Computer Would Win

[Maxil223]

Which would score the best in a benchmark test.

Athlon 64 3200+
2x256 Corsair Value With Heat Spreaders
160GB WD HDD
Gigabyte Triton K8NS 754
56X CD-Rom


Pentium 4 2.6ghz(stock HSF)
2x512 PDI Value RAM
AOpen "AX4SG-UN" i865G 478
16/48 DVD/CD
100GB WD HDD

and tell me why

 

[Appledrop]

well the a64 blatantly! cos its faster?

 

[Mrvile]

Well it would be great if we had a video card...

 

[slash196]

I'd have to say the A64.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: Azzy64
well the a64 blatantly! cos its faster?

Yeah, no wonder. Let's compare P4 2.6 to A64 3200+..hmmm.. i wonder what would win....

How about P4 3.2 to A64 3200+

 

[SrGuapo]

It may also depend on what tasks you are doing. If you are using alot of memory, the A64 will be forced to page first, which may hurt performance considerably, but overall, I think the 3200+ would win.

 

[nycxandy]

It's his first post. Could be a noobie. Take it easy on him.

 

[Maxil223]

thank you for your cooperation. I am 50% noob. I did just make a computer. The A64 computer is mine, and the pentium is my friends, and he claims his is for gaming.

 

[dguy6789]

The P4 system easily. Ppl need to look at other specs besides cpu. In real world apps that is. Most benches dont need more then 512MB of ram, but alot of new games can use it.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
The P4 system easily. Ppl need to look at other specs besides cpu. In real world apps that is. Most benches dont need more then 512MB of ram, but alot of new games can use it.

Fair enough, but since no videocard was given lets assume it's equal in both cases.

Now you are saying 512mb of ram vs. 1 gig of ram brings differences to the table, and in fact, much more so than A64 3200+ vs. P4 2.6 in order to make your comment above valid for gaming, right?

Ok lets see:

Doom 3 CPU Performance
Half-Life 2 CPU Performance

Now let's see Ram performance:
Memory for Doom 3
Half-Life 2 RAM Performance Tests

So if both systems were to have top of the line videocard, then the processor seems more important than the RAM as the load will be mostly transfered to those 2 components (if you have at least 512mb of ram).

If the videocard in question is even slower than say 6800, then dependence on the ram is even less important since most of the workload will be transferred to the videocard as it will be the weakest component for gaming.

1 gig will benefit in multitasking, video editing tasks and things like photoshop, but for gaming I'd pick 512mb and 3200+. Let's not forget the hidden potential of improvements in gaming when 64-bit OS comes out.

 

[Rapsven]

P4 with 1 gig of RAM?

I'd go for the P4.

 

[KBtn]

the AMD64 would take the prize IMO

 

[cheesehead]

A64 can beat the crap out of any Intel machine made at the same price. A64 all the way.
Of course, 1GB (2x512mb) of RAM would make more sense than 2x 256mb of super-low-latency RAM, though.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well it would be great if we had a video card...

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation

Originally posted by: dguy6789
The P4 system easily. Ppl need to look at other specs besides cpu. In real world apps that is. Most benches dont need more then 512MB of ram, but alot of new games can use it.

Fair enough, but since no videocard was given lets assume it's equal in both cases.

Now you are saying 512mb of ram vs. 1 gig of ram brings differences to the table, and in fact, much more so than A64 3200+ vs. P4 2.6 in order to make your comment above valid for gaming, right?

Ok lets see:

Doom 3 CPU Performance
Half-Life 2 CPU Performance

Now let's see Ram performance:
Memory for Doom 3
Half-Life 2 RAM Performance Tests

So if both systems were to have top of the line videocard, then the processor seems more important than the RAM as the load will be mostly transfered to those 2 components (if you have at least 512mb of ram).

If the videocard in question is even slower than say 6800, then dependence on the ram is even less important since most of the workload will be transferred to the videocard as it will be the weakest component for gaming.

1 gig will benefit in multitasking, video editing tasks and things like photoshop, but for gaming I'd pick 512mb and 3200+. Let's not forget the hidden potential of improvements in gaming when 64-bit OS comes out.

Doom 3 does not use that much ram compared to say ut2k4. Play your most demanding games with your 1gb of ram, then play them again with 512, you will notice more studdering and brief pauses, especially if you are alt tabbing between them and windows.

 

[xsilver]

just say the a64 to make the noob feel happy about himself
yes you pw3ed all over your friend ..... wow
/ end sarcasm

just look at the videocard in his sig -- geforce 5500 wtf? overclocked.... yeah that makes a big difference---
a celery stick with a radeon 9800 or 6600gt would smoke that

 

[IAteYourMother]

get more memory.

EDIT: and a video card. The FX 5500 doesn't count.

 

[thegimp03]

uh a64 wtf

 

[bob4432]

benchmark what? gaming? encoding? multi-task? quit measuring d!cks and read and learn. you need to get a new video card (9800pro if you are cheap, 6800GT if you are rich), and a burner man, atleast a cd burner.

 

[MasterMorpheus]

I would have to say the AMD processor would probably win since it's arcitecture is a lot more advanced than the Pentiums plus AMD's are usually refered to as hardcore gamer processors