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« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2004, 11:53:04 PM »

that depends on where you live and if your willing to look around, you can find some grea deals on OEM CPUs
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« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2004, 11:57:22 PM »

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the only people i completely trust for benchmarks is Maximum PC, and unfortunately they don't have their test results online.
i get them. those are the benches im referring to  Smiley  I'll get em later tonight after i get off work.
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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2004, 04:37:12 AM »

topic split up and moved here due to the computeryness of the discussion Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2004, 06:57:59 AM »

ah, here we are. Looks like the FX 51 won in about 2/3s of the benchmarks. Some are by an inch, but plenty are by a mile too....

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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2004, 07:59:25 AM »

P4 3.4EE is Intels fastest lets use AMDs fastest, the FX-53 not the 51.  
Also the FX has support for 64-bit software, Windows XP 64-bit comes out in 2 months.  The P4 won't even run it.
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« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2004, 08:12:20 AM »

the bench I have is intel 3.2 vs amd 2.2. and they threw an athlon 2200 on just for fun.
oh, ut2k4 has a 64bit version available i believe.  Smiley
oh, and another thing--hyvry, intel *does* make 64 bit cpus, you just dont hear much about em. i dont remember if the xeon is 64bit off the top of my head, think the itanium is 64bit though.
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« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2004, 09:59:06 AM »

The Intel ones cost soooooo much. The Itanium is 64-bit.

Yes there is a 64-bit UT, but that was a test version and not retail.  Expect retail 64-bit games end of this year/beginning next year.

The 53 is 2.4GHz.  
 
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« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2004, 06:31:34 PM »

The AMD 64bit runs far far faster than a P4 even in 32bit mode....
But its really not worth getting one until a 64bit Windows has been released...
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« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2004, 08:02:37 PM »

Yep, in 2 months time Windows XP 64-bit will come out.

I still won't touch one until 64-bit games come out (to the public), but if it was a choice between the FX-53 and the P4 3.4EE i would take the FX-53.
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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2004, 08:18:23 PM »

This is what I was wondering about... do I get £200 for a nice ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe with an AMD Athlon XP3200 400FSB 512 Cache Barton, or save up more like £300-£400 for an AMD 64bit mobo and proccessor?
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« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2004, 06:02:38 AM »

save up for the Athlon 64. Definitely. You'll be thanking yourself once more 64bit programs are available. anyway.....I got my own hosting now. Anyone needs space lemmy know, but I only have 1 GB banwidth monthly.



oops, just noticed its a p4c, not p4ee. oops. still nice scores though, specially since you said the ee ran worse.  Smiley  
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« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2004, 02:56:36 PM »

I have info to why the P4 has a 200fsb in the tests.  It is because it does have a 200fsb and the P4 quad pumps it to 800fsb, rather like what AMD does and did, now Intel have decided to use it.
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« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2004, 05:58:18 PM »

Before I even think about getting a 64bit... someone find out how much 64bit Windows will be please...
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« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2004, 05:53:37 AM »

free if you have a good connection.....  Wink  
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« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2004, 03:29:45 PM »

Pentiums suck.
Athlons suck.
Get a Cyrix!

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