Show me the benchmarks of a Athlon 64 3200+ (2 GHz) compared to any P4 at 3 GHz. Show me the P4 winning in encoding and decoding all around and not just a program or 2, also show as many benchmarks as you can and I can almost for certain say that the P4 will loose more then half. In encoding Intel may have the few second advantage with 60% of the encoding apps out there, but is that 3 seconds worth the $30 more in difference from the 3200+ Venice to the 530J???
And long pipelines are rarely a good thing, thats just justifying the marketing reasons intel even used NetBurste. They just wanted higher frequency so the customer would think it was better, its not like they actually had encoding in mind.
The 3200+ Venice on Newegg is $160
The 3500+ Venice on Newegg is $201
The Pentium 4 530J 3 GHz P4 on Newegg is $190
Consider that for $10 more you can have the 3500+ that withought a doubt will smash the P4 at 3 GHz or for $30 less you can have a = if not better performing CPU. WHats the reason to buy the P4 at this point, so maybe your apartment is cold and your furnice does not work very well, thats the only reason I can see to spend the extra $.
And long pipelines are rarely a good thing, thats just justifying the marketing reasons intel even used NetBurste. They just wanted higher frequency so the customer would think it was better, its not like they actually had encoding in mind.
The 3200+ Venice on Newegg is $160
The 3500+ Venice on Newegg is $201
The Pentium 4 530J 3 GHz P4 on Newegg is $190
Consider that for $10 more you can have the 3500+ that withought a doubt will smash the P4 at 3 GHz or for $30 less you can have a = if not better performing CPU. WHats the reason to buy the P4 at this point, so maybe your apartment is cold and your furnice does not work very well, thats the only reason I can see to spend the extra $.
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