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What are you using?
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anime
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What Processor are you Using ?
   

--This is my first poll, so bare with me--

Intel vs AMD

What is better for Microsoft's DS
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Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:05 am
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I usually buy Intel, but I won an AMD Processor, so.... that is what I use.

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Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:27 am
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Llama
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AMD only, much faster.
Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:05 pm
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I have a Intel, AMD is a little faster with game's but Intel is more faster with other stuf
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Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 1:03 pm
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AMD only.

However I do not think there will be much difference in DS. Ofcourse you must compare 1800+ (AMD) with 1800 Intel.
Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 1:15 pm
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AMD Duron (900 OCed to 1050 using pencil trick, of corse)

This processor was deffinatly the best bang for my buck!
Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:34 pm
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AMD forever!
Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 9:19 pm
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I have 6 PC's in my apartment... all networked together with a switched 100Mb network... One of which is my Win2K server with 2 NIC's (one for the internet, one for the intranet) Not a single Intel processor in the house... All are AMD's... With one 1.3 Ghz T-Bird... a couple of Durons... and a couple of the older K-7's... (800 and 900 Mhz)...

I've not supported the 'Evil Empire' (aka, Intel) since AMD made their chips available... I've always gotten more performance, for less $$$...

Remember... more 'GHZ' or 'MHZ" does NOT translate into a faster, more effecient processor... as Intel discovered when the AMD 1800 + chips were beating their faster clocked (but less effecient) Pentium 4's.

Intel currently holds the cup regarding overall clock speed for desktop PC's... but that's only because AMD has been able to keep up with them in terms of overall work, by using their 'older' technology... and lower clocks... Sort of the equivalent of having a V6 outperform a larger, but less effiecient, V8...

That will change soon... as AMD's next line of CPU's is due to hit the market... They will do more 'work' at a given clock speed than the fastest Intel can offer... Which has been AMD's crowning glory... and why you see that most of the people (by a large margin) who have responded to this forum, are using AMD's... Cheaper, Better, Faster never held more true...

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Post Tue Apr 23, 2002 10:08 pm
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So long as I can buy an equal- or better-performing chip from AMD at $200 less than Intel's, you can bet I'll be buying AMD.
Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:49 am
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Danicek
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quote:
Originally posted by EmperorRob
So long as I can buy an equal- or better-performing chip from AMD at $200 less than Intel's, you can bet I'll be buying AMD.


Difference is not so big anymore, isnt it?
Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 6:48 am
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Latest PriceWatch pricing shows the AMD 1800+ at $102 US... The Pentium 2.0 Ghz...(arguably the same performance) at $319.... Still about $200 different... Which I'd rather pocket than spend on the Evil Empire... That's alot of games... or groceries...
(For reference, the XP 2000 is $173... still cheaper by a pretty wide margin, even for those who don't see the similarities in performance between the P4 2000, and the AMD 1800+ )

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Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:38 pm
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Danicek
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Ok, ok .
Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:40 pm
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heh. go to tomshardware.com and look for a video on overheating comparing AMD vs Intel. It's fun.

Suffice to say, AMD chips burn hot and have no shutdown safety protocols. The video is a blast at pointing that out.
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Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:42 pm
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Well, I think we should stop this. It is starting to be too off topic and I really do not want another well known "AMD vs. Intel" flamewar. I know it from several other forums and it is ussually not nice thing to read.
Post Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:47 pm
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