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"Dare I ask........Intel or AMD?"

I bet I am gonna start a huge debate, but here goes. I am a gamer, and I want a fast processor. Is there any noticable difference between the AMD Athlon and the Pentium 4 when using a computer? I am talking about the top end ones here, over 2Ghz. I was going to get the P4 2.4Ghz for £1100, but SR have dropped the price, and the one for £1100 now is the AMD 2600+. Is this OK, cos I don't really want to fork out another £100 just to buy pentium.

UrkiE-UK wrote:
> ...or Flashpoint (man that game sucks right now)


BLASPHEMY

Well if u do get a good GFX card it should handle does 'wipe off the floor' games on high 32bit with no probs...

ya, i got a 2100+ with 512 DDR, but my graphics card aint up to ut2k3, but it wipes the floor with most other games, like C&C Renegade or Flashpoint (man that game sucks right now)

I dont think 2ghz + is slow... as long as you have 1.5ghz and 512mb DDR RAM and a fast GFX card it should be fine...... unless its Ut2k3.

Until Intel release their 4Ghz project, I think we are stuck with slower PCs- but about 512Mb RAM could help performance.

True

theres note wrong with amd as far as i can see.

my processor is fine (athlon xp 2100+) but with ut2k3 i get around 25fps on anubis at high settings - im guessing it is because i have a wonderful system, and an adequate geforce II MX, but for these sort of games its just not adequate enough...........

oh............................o-kay-eee?

I actually know what overclocking is i have been doing it for years, if you read my post i was wondering why turbo put "overcock" instead of "overclock) you see without the "L", it was sarcasm, but hey you guys werent meant to know that :)

The main thing that kills cpu's when overclocking is heat fatigue so as long as you can keep it cool you will be fine, it's the higher voltages that cause the most damage as if you set the voltagr a lot higher than the cpu can take the the track on the cpu corrode and eventually you will get electrons jumping from track to track.


c.b.

in answer to your question, i dont know really. i have an Athlon XP 2100+ here, and although it only runs at 1733mhz, the techonology used actually allows it to run as fast as an ordinary 2.1ghz , which is just there to confuse ppl i think. The CPU is reliable, and because my mobo is specifically for Athlon XP i get the best out of it. cool.

Pentium 4? i dont have a clue, but it is creating a lot of fuss, but remember, AMD and Intel are practically rivals, so use it to your advantage and watch them fight to make cheaper and faster CPU :D