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which CPU Better to Advanced graphic user .....

Perhaps if you told us what applications the "advanced graphic user" uses, we could help you out a little more.

Are you talking Photoshop? Premiere? 3ds Max/Maya? AutoCAD? It really depends upon how much money you have to spend and what applications you use.
 
Tell you the truth I don't know which would be better for that specific program however don't dispair I still have some advice. When working with serious graphics programs it is advisable to get alot of ram at least 1Gb in my opinion. So I suggest going with ddr instead of rambus since its quite a bit cheaper. I doubt it would make much difference which cpu you used unless that program is optimized for a certain processor. The easiest way to find out would be to contact tech support at the site which you gave as a link. They would know better then us.
 
Originally posted by: Hossam
thanks 4 ur response

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Well is money an issue? If not here is what I recomend:

Pentium 4 Ultimate Rig

- Pentium 4 2.80GHz Retail ~$550 (released aug 26th 😀) (you can preorder at upgradesource.com)
- Pentium 4 2.53GHz Retail $300 (PCprogress.com) or (wait for the 26th for it to drop to $240)
- Abit BG7 i845G $120 (googlegear.com)
- 1024MB Samsung PC2700 DDR333 ~$250 (googlegear.com)
- ATi Fire GL 8800 128MB $335.00 (enpc.com)



If you want to go AMD and have a budget:

AMD Athlon XP Rig

- AMD Athlon XP 1.8GHz 2200+ OEM $149 (googlegear.com)
- AMD Athlon XP 2.0GHz 2400+ OEM ~$190 (After aug 21st)
- Abit KX7-333 KT333 $107 (googlegear.com)
- 1024MB Samsung PC2700 DDR333 ~$250 (googlegear.com)
- ATi Fire GL 8800 128MB $335.00 (enpc.com)

I defently recomend a ATi Fire GL 8800 128MB 100%, amazing low price and on par with the NVidia Quadro4 750 XGL 😀

Hope that helps

SSXeon
 
It depends on if your particular set of applications are multi-threaded and/or optimized for SSE2. Applications that are optimized for SSE2 and not multithreaded should definitely be run on a Pentium 4. Multithreaded applications will be more cost effective on a dual AMD system (assuming you use unlocked XP cpus instead of MPs). Multithreaded SSE2 applications will run quite nicely on a dual Xeon system, if you sell a few organs.

 
Dual Xeon setup is more expensive than a dual AMD, but you guys are really stretching it.

The CPU price difference is small, $240 for a 2.2Ghz Xeon versus $210 for a 2100+ MP.

The cheapest motherboard for a Xeon is a $350 i860 with RDRam or $400-700 E7500. There are $175 Dual MP boards, but they dont have nearly the same features of the dual Xeon b oards. If you included all the features that the i860 had on a dual MP board (U160 SCSI, server NIC), it'd run close to 300 also. The E7500s are out of the question because they have PCI-X and are on a whole different level compared to the i860 and 762MPX.

Multithreaded applications (depending on the magnitude) might run better on a p4/Xeon seeing that the former will have hyperthreading and the latter already does.

And an ATI FireGL8800? Please. Use a 3dLabs or a Quadro card.

Also anyone who has over 1GB of RAM that isnt ECC is in for a lot of memory errors during runtime.
 
Originally posted by: BuddyAtBzboyz
Tell you the truth I don't know which would be better for that specific program however don't dispair I still have some advice. When working with serious graphics programs it is advisable to get alot of ram at least 1Gb in my opinion. So I suggest going with ddr instead of rambus since its quite a bit cheaper. I doubt it would make much difference which cpu you used unless that program is optimized for a certain processor. The easiest way to find out would be to contact tech support at the site which you gave as a link. They would know better then us.
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What he said... I think the best way is to ask the company. But honestly, if I were to take a guess, I would say the Athlon XP would perform better for what you need (it pains me to say that, since I am an Intel fan). Historically, most CAD programs perform better on the Athlon, but to be honest, I think you would be hard pressed to notice a performance difference between the two processors. Just buy within your budget, you really can't go wrong either way.
 
Originally posted by: dexvx
Dual Xeon setup is more expensive than a dual AMD, but you guys are really stretching it.

The CPU price difference is small, $240 for a 2.2Ghz Xeon versus $210 for a 2100+ MP.

The cheapest motherboard for a Xeon is a $350 i860 with RDRam or $400-700 E7500. There are $175 Dual MP boards, but they dont have nearly the same features of the dual Xeon b oards. If you included all the features that the i860 had on a dual MP board (U160 SCSI, server NIC), it'd run close to 300 also. The E7500s are out of the question because they have PCI-X and are on a whole different level compared to the i860 and 762MPX.

Multithreaded applications (depending on the magnitude) might run better on a p4/Xeon seeing that the former will have hyperthreading and the latter already does.

And an ATI FireGL8800? Please. Use a 3dLabs or a Quadro card.

Also anyone who has over 1GB of RAM that isnt ECC is in for a lot of memory errors during runtime.
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A small clarification: the Xeon boards with the E7500 chipset are not suited for workstation use at all (unless it's totally processor intensive work, with no 3D graphics) because they lack an AGP slot. At least they did the last time I looked at the specs. Otherwise, every other geek who has $5 grand USD to spend on a workstation would have one in their house. Just imagine SCSI RAID 5 on PCI-X! 😀
 
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