Athlon Or Intel - Best products

emperor

Jul 14 2005, 01:49 PM

What's the best processor on the market. I know that all these configurations are very expensive but it will be a present for my father and he need a very powerful workstation.

snlildude87

Jul 14 2005, 04:52 PM

Athlon 64 all the way. It's the best one for your money - cheap and fast. I've never seen Intel Xeon used on personal computers though...just on servers. Did you know that trap17 hosting servers use Intel Xeon?

DjLuki

Jul 15 2005, 02:28 AM

it really depends on for what you are going to use it. For Graphics, Gaming, the Athlon will work better. but if you are not going to use it for that than i guess intel would be good to.

Galahad

Jul 18 2005, 10:43 AM

Intel Xeon if a server processor... Very good, but very expensive...

Also, someone mentioned it depends for what will the computer be used... If it is a gaming machine (wich I doubt, you said it's for your father), then, AMD is the best choice... However, if graphicaly intense applications will be run (like Photoshop), or perhaps some multimeda programs (Sound Forge, Premiere, etc.), then I recommend going with Intel, perhaps a CPU from the EE series (Extreme Edition)... That's my opinion, you ofcourse know how big your budget is

Intel is a bit more expensive, but in my opinion, much better choice than AMD, for serious work...

engalex

Jul 19 2005, 08:53 AM

for normal colling use intel
otherwise amd want hight colling system

negativezero

Jul 29 2005, 12:16 PM

best processor would be??

well it will depend on where ure going to use it!!!
but from what i heard athlon is cheaper than Intel!!!

malish

Jul 31 2005, 03:26 PM

AMD Athlon FX57 is the best choice for now. Two processor-based system would be even better, but the major problem is related to the price of that product which seem to be not available for every customer. About specifications of that processor, it has full cache of st, 2nd and 3rd level, which lets it run applications faster than any other processors, and if I'm not mistaken the size of cache is 2mb. I've also seen some benchmarks of systems based on that processor, and it was the leader in all gaming benchmarks so fag and almost every multimedia or video encoding-related applications. Also have to admit that FX57 is more of a professional processor, not a typical one for games. Anyways if you are mostly unlimited in your budget - go ahead and try 2 processor system from FX57, and you will get highest performance available on the market so far, and probably avoid frequent upgrades for at least couple of years.

2091

Aug 4 2005, 09:00 AM

Good Evening!

i think, what ever u say, it will be wrong, cause if u want to play a game, i'll say: take a AMD CPU, if u want to make some office work, i'll say take the intel's CPU.

if u use benchmarks AMD cpu is faster than intel

arcanistherogue

Aug 5 2005, 05:49 AM

Also, AMD Athlon 64 bit processors are much better for programming. They are much better with floating point equations than Intel processors.

BombZone

Aug 7 2005, 11:40 AM

i would suggest you buy an amd processor if you use your computer for gaming, it will give you beter performance for a lower price.
If you run many 'heavy' programs like photoshop you should go with intel.And you better wouldn't buy xeon processor, they are designed for server and they costs way to much for an average home user.

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flyerdball

Nov 2 2005, 07:08 AM

QUOTE(engalex @ Jul 19 2005, 04:53 AM)

for normal colling use intel
otherwise amd want hight colling system

From my personal experiences, Intel processors actually run hotter than AMD processors. I cannot document actual statistics to backup my claims, but so far this is what I have found.

believer

Nov 2 2005, 06:58 AM

Yes I agree on most replies, it all boils down on what application your computer will be, if that is more on programming, video conversions, etc.. then it would be Intel, you also have the luxury of not having to worry about maintenance such as the thermal conditions.

As for AMD it has the best value and performance if you are a gamer, only that you have to really monitor your system more. If you know this then nothing to worry about.

wariorpk

Nov 2 2005, 12:04 AM

I think that Intel processors are the best way to go. I have a gaming computer and it has an Intel processor and it has worked very well for me. I had a computer with an AMD processor once and I did not like anything about that processor's performance. If you want the best performance that you can possibly get our of your computer by all means go with Intel.

xJedix

Oct 23 2005, 11:18 PM

Like what everyone else said, it depends on what you are going to be using this computer for. For more heavy gaming and programming, your best bet would be AMD 64 x2. In my personal opinion, I like amd proccessors the most. I have always gone with them over intel or pentium. They have always worked very well for me and I would never want to switch over to a different proccessor. But it's up to you and how much you can afford.

I hope it helps. I'm going to be making myself a computer pretty soon, so this stuff helps me out a lot too

xJedix

malish

Oct 23 2005, 11:08 PM

AMD's Athlon 64 are all better than corresponding pentium 4 processors. I tested tonns of P4 based systems and AMD ones, and the only 1 little advantage that I could notice in P4 was better video encoding time. But overall AMD was better, faster everywhere, even in standard SiSandra tests.

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