AMD Athlon XP VS. Intel Pentium 4. Which is better?

Thom Yorke Obliterator · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 6:52 am Post subject:

I've been using P4s, but not for price or performance . . . it's for the motherboard. The VIA-based motherboards always seem to crap out on me, but you can get a beefcake Intel mobo for a P4.

For the video, take a look at the GeForce4 Ti 4200 cards. You can get a 128 MB card for $160 from the internet, and they absolutely SMOKE for a card in that price range.

hoaxie · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 7:14 am Post subject:

Make sure you get a video card that is AGP... not PCI!
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cobra · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 8:07 am Post subject:

i see almost everybody uses AMD, but i would go for the p4.

I always worked with pentuim and you won't hear me complain!
I never had trouble with it and the next one i'm going too buy will certainetly be a p4 or if it would already exist against theen a p5!!!
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Verman · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 1:55 pm Post subject:

I'm a happy owner of a 2100XP with an ASUS 4400 Ge4. Only the distance between me & the server slows me down to >125 ping.
Stuff it full of good quality RAM since its cheap. And a fast HHD and game away.

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BitterBeerFace · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 2:07 pm Post subject:

hoaxie · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:08 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah... make sure your mother board supports DDRAM... instead of SDRAM! DDR all the way baby!
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{BGS}GLOOMIE357 · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:10 pm Post subject:

yeah, i heard Intel dropped like a mofo. My co-worker told me he saw the P4 2.2 or 2.4 GHZ for only $200. Now is that crazy or what! I'm in the process of building a new dream machine too so this post helps me alot. Thanks guys!

Lil-Yugi · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 4:46 pm Post subject:

Juan Big Hoax what computer case would you recommend and motherboard? Because Ponds PC case looks like #@$%.

Dahak · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 4:51 pm Post subject:

case = lian li
mobo = gigabyte or epox

hoaxie · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 5:27 pm Post subject:

My motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VTXH+. I have an Antec case. Antecs are great as far as accommodating many different motherboards' screw patterns. Also, they have some other nice features.
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Potato-VS- · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 5:41 pm Post subject:

AMD= cheaper, but I have no experience with them.

P4= more, they're very powerful however... I heard though that a P3 is faster or perform better or something. P4s are also new so you have to be warry there may be somethings that may be fixed at a later date...

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`RaphX · Registered User Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Posts: 1556

Nah, those problems are long gone - the P4 is starting to shine now.

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

P4 2.0 and a Geforce Ti 4600 128 mb card. CPU now runs at 2.56 mb just fine

PondScum007 · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 1:44 pm Post subject:

WHAT!?!?!?!? you watch your mouth son! my case does NOT look like crap, its sexay as hell, and i just got a new one and am in the process of moving the guts it...jsut need to go to the hardware store today and get a 4.5" hole saw...
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Lil-Yugi · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 1:48 pm Post subject: