Processor Battle

Seraph

<div class="IPBDescription">AMD or Pentium?</div> There are upsides to both, but what does everyone prefer.

From my experience, they are quite comparable.

Pentium : Very steady, pricey, excellent for multitasking

AMD: Stable, cheaper, good for gaming, compliments graphics cards very well...

Your thoughts?

tbZBeAst

I'm using a Pent at the mo, but for the price, AMD gets my vote for the next machine.

Wheeee

It used to be that I'd argue for AMD any day, but the P4 Northwood is actually giving the Athlon a run for its money; and TBH right now I'd rather have a pentium (not the 3.06) because of the lower heat dissipation and power consumption - I don't like my computer sounding like an airfield.

RyoOhki

If I had the money for the latest Pentiums, I'd have already bought all the rights to NS and given all the devs multi-milion dollar salaries <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> . As I am not in such a position, I stick to AMDs. Fast, reliable, overclockable, affordable, what more could I want?

Renegade

I like my AMD 3000. Fast, overclockable, lovable, affordable, and did I mention fast? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Frankenstein

Intel is much more strict on reliability, so i would probably only buy their processors (in mid-high range PCs), Im really getting excited about the AMD Hammer, and think it will take the high end market away from intel.
I think hyperthreading, and an 800mhz fsb is great, but 64bit x86 processors are even greater. If there arent big compatability issues, and intel decides to use amd's 64bit code, I think I will buy an amd hammer. But until then, I think we should wait to see what the amd hammer is like.

Wheeee

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Actually AMD products are comparable in prices to Pentiums now. When the first Athlon 3000+ came out, it was like $600, and when the first P4 3.06 came out, it was like $650.

tbZBeAst

Frankenstein, is that a berkut as your avatar?

NewName

Pentium.

AMD is reported to have compatibility problems with linux, so it's a no go zone for me.

Cronos

I used to be an AMD man, no I use a Pentium. Why?

It's simple.

Stability.

Intel/Pentium systems tend to be far more reliable, I've been using my curret machine for a while now, not a single crash, BSOD, error, of any kind whatsoever. It might get a little sluggish now and then, but I dont mind that, a few moments of waiting here and there dont phase me too much.

If AMD improved stability issues and worked on making their processors being able to run somewhat cooler, then I'd be back on AMD like a shot.

That said, my brother and I recently put together my old system, a Duron 800, which was the Best system I had ever had. It went chugging along for a full year with no problems, finally had to upgrade to 1.4 Gigahertz because it was too sluggish. Unfortunately, the Epox mother board had some severe issues and slowly but surely screwed the CPU. For a full 6 months after the final crash on that system, I had to use a Pentium 3 400 running WinXP. No games. No 16 Bit colour. And I still recognise an Epox motherboard when I see one.

Nice topic, by the way <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

GorgeBush

I always go with AMD.

Salty

AMD, Isint pentium the one that is trying to get together with Microsoft for thier paladin program?

Sycophant

I haven't really looked into system components in a while, so I'm not quite up-to-date on the current comparisons. However, I plan on upgrading my system within the next few months, and I'd still most likely start by looking at AMD gear.

I suppose that means I'm more of an AMD person. The reason is simple - I built my current Athlon650 back when it was the Intel-killer, and I've never had any problems with it. The heat thing can be a bit of a negative factor, but it didn't bother me much since I'd usually let the system run at night to keep my room warm during the winter months. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

I've built systems in the past year or so for my non-techie friends using the latest AMD hardware, and their systems still run perfectly with little or no maintenance from me.

So AMD is less reliable? Naah, I personally haven't seen it. I have never seen any AMD system require any significant maintenance, but I've seen Intel hardware "mysteriously" die more times than I can count.

[WHO]Them

woot AMD

Error404

I've always been an AMD man myself, I currently run a Duron 1.3 mhz system, I would have bought a faster chip if my motherboard would have supported it. I've found that apart from being reliable and cheap, the motherboards that support AMD tend to be cheaper than Pentium motherboards.

TenSix

I have always found AMD to be cheaper and faster overall then any Intel chip. There are multiple benchmarks that show the same. The Pentium 4 is insanly priced, and its hyperthreading feature in reality gives you about 3% more proccessing ability. Im just happy with my 2Ghz AMD, its reliable, fast, and cheap.