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DA UNDERTAKER
souls will cry

Joined: 02 Jun 2004
Posts: 824
Location: Athens, Greece |
quote: Originally posted by MageofFire
I think you're being rather unfair. I'm sorry to hear that your computer was fried (literally), but I know a lot of people who would place their lives on the reliability of AMD processors. I'm getting an AMD XP 2500+ myself.
i think MageofFire is right, AMD are have nice CPUs that might be more conveniebt to some people than Intel
i personally prefer Intel but that's based on anyones's personal opinion |
Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:02 pm |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor


Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
Me, I love AMD. They generally have a greater performance/cost ratio than Intel, and they shipped 64-bit x86 chips first - the miser in me appreciates the former, the techie in me delights in the latter.
I've got an order currently being processed for a new machine containing an Athlon 64 3500+, but after the Doom3 benchmarks sided with AMD they've become rather scarce. I'm hoping for a Monday delivery, but the CEO of Scan International has stated that he will have the chip in by Thursday at the very latest. _________________ Charlie Dobbie
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:27 am |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny

Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
I'd say that your friend must wait a couble of monthes cuz they are making a comletely new CPU(not a new firm). _________________
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:46 am |
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Toaster
Bread Alert

Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 5475
Location: Sweden |
Are you talking about Intel's 64-bit processor, X? Or a A64 with a different core? Or something else? Anyway, I think the A64 3000+ was a good choice, combine it with a mainboard with nForce 3 and it'll be great.
As a sidenote, I will buy a 3800+ or a 3500+ (both S939) together with a nForce mainboard in about a month, yippie! _________________
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Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:29 pm |
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Val
Risen From Ashes

Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
@MageofFire: Well, I think my AMD processor was rather unfair to my slagged hard drive. But, think what you will. _________________ Freeeeeeedom! Thank heavens it's summer!
What do I have to show for my hard work? A piece of paper! Wee!
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Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:21 pm |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny

Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
No, i am talking about a total new system that will make these things crap. _________________
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Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:59 pm |
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Toaster
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Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 5475
Location: Sweden |
OK... AMD or Intel? Product name? Are it for use in PC's at al? (Because there are already CPU's that make these look like less than crap.) _________________
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Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:42 pm |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny

Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
Both, they have figured ou a problem in these ones which makes the CPUs much slower, so they will make another ones but with this problem fixed. _________________
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Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:23 am |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor


Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
Yes, everything's about to become obselete. Sell your computers now! They're going to be worthless!
On a more serious note, AMD and Intel find ways to speed up their chips every other day - that's rather the whole point of the business. But nothing is currently on the horizon that will give a quantum leap in performance, so while speeds are continually going up they're not suddenly going to go through the roof, and certainly not in the next few months.
The biggest problem at the moment is that silicon wafers can't cope - with a sizeable current passing through tracks in such close proximity, it just doesn't stop charge bleeding from circuit to circuit. Fabs are using smaller and smaller processes, and we're reaching the point where circuits cannot shrink any more. The next bit of interesting technology looks to be synthetic diamonds, but wafers of any useful size are decades off.
Buy a CPU whenever you want, but always remember the following two predictions: (1) if you waited a bit longer you could have got a faster chip, (2) it probably would have been cheaper, too. _________________ Charlie Dobbie
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Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:29 am |
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!

Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
New CPU's arent really relevant in this situation. The friend I am building the machine for has a $1000 budget (Excluding Screen), so value for money is the most important thing.
I think we are going with an AMD 3000 XP+ or slightly faster. _________________ IMHO my opinion is humble |
Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:09 am |
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Bartacus
Il Buono

Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 4706
Location: Belgium Flemmish part |
Good enough, Chekote.
Btw, X-dANGEr the thing you're talking about. Could it be the dual processor cores? Those are only affortable from next year. Now they cost simply to much. _________________ Moderator and Council Magician of the RPGDot Shadows
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Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:10 pm |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny

Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
Maybe, i found an article with a title saying: IF you are planning to buy a computer, don't buy it now, there is a new kind of processors is coming up.
This is why i posted that upthere. _________________
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Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:27 pm |
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