Which is better? AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium 4?

who? i put a greeting post into the newbe thread and i havnt done anyhting. What is wong?

I suppose as long as you act civil, nothing will be wrong, I guess. But then again?

Personally, I would like to see a roundup of a huge number of CPUs, from various vendors, akin to THGs some-odd 60 cpu test or whatever it was they did a while back, but with VIAs Nehemiah and Centaur line included, the Transmeta Crusoe, and of course the G5... and maybe some of the lower end 64bit cpus released by say IBM, sparc, et cetera (now that both AMD and intel will be making 64bit desktop CPUs a much bigger thing)

And to what end would such a test prove useful? Each cpu fits a different market, and for consumers there isn't really that great a choice, outwith the two market leaders, AMD and Intel. Sure there are others, but software availability is more important than CPU brand, so that leaves Macs out, unless you have only a few apps you need to run. For users that have a specific requirement that needs filling, then there are alternatives, but I don't see why a review comparing all the different cpus together would be useful. Interesting maybe, but useful, not really.

well said, soul

although, i wouldn't exactly put you in the happy go lucky category.............

Lets just put it this way, a feature that allows you to do multiple task at the same time, like burning CDs while surfing or doing word processing and etc.

Y&W: no point in responding to consie89 (also known as rmwc, rory1, cyberstrider) as he has been banned twice and keeps returning under a different name. He is both rude (too rude to repeat) and ignorant, so don't give him any help with his queries, and look out for any new members in disguise asking similar questions.

If that is true...what a guy with determination. I wasn't aware of this before. I'll take note about this.

ban his ip...wont that just be the best thing?

Its all sorted now, so no more worries.

Overheating

Is the problem regarding AMD's overheating an issue for "very average" computer users? Or does this only create a problem for advanced users?

A friend of mine told me to stay away from AMD Athlon because they are too hot and you need fans.

I'm a student trying to decide whether to spend a little less and get AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ or spend a little more and get Intel Pentium 4 2.66 or P4M2.0

IS there really much difference between these for an average user?

There is no overheating issue with Athlon XP processors, only with Intel P4 3.06GHz, and the new Prescotts that will arrive soon. AMD's non-XP early Athlons ran relatively hot, but those haven't been available for a couple of years now. You need a heatsink/fan for all CPUs, not just Athlons. Athlon XP is an excellent buy and overclocks well. P4's are also good, and worth getting if cost isn't a concern.

my cousin has a intel pentuim 4 extrem edition and he says its good for multitasking and stuff.But for gaming he says it still has some things to work on. if u want a processor for gaming then i would reccomend a amd athlon 4500+ or higher.

well said nic

Should we beat you upside the head with a brick or will you avoid posting in two year old threads from now on ? :knock:

Waist of money...

Intel are over priced piles of crap for the average user it is a waist of money to buy Intel chips as the are looking for the best speed and delivery of apps to a GUI and hands down that will be AMD every time as apps open faster (sometimes even 100 times faster) on AMD then Intel dont belive me get a P4 3.7 Ghz and a AMD FX57 and open ms word or any Adobe program then tell me what one you see first. be cause you will see the AMD in 1/2 the time.

Besides AMD is better now then Intel and the are even taking jobs from MACs now; as alot of CGI os now being done on AMD systems. NOT INHEL

Well this what happens when morons shop...

Well this is what happens when morons shop... you see at one time the were about 5 CPU companies and then came the Home PC a company called Intel go a big brake selling their CPU to Joe Sixpack and Knock-up Betty so now these two morons have ***** kids that buy ***** computer because their ***** dads and moms have Intels not knowing that overall that there are other CPUs that they can buy that will do far more in the same time for less of a cost.

So now word gets out there are better chips out there and Intel gets scared so the bribe companies to only sell their chips slowly put on company after another off the shelf. Untill one day the last company finds proof of this and alot more puts out a proven better product for a lower cost and launchs the biggest fruad and anti monoploization violations ever recored and ****en morons are still going to give intel their money... lol what tools! :knock:

Now if AMD gose under you will get an overpriced slabe of ****! Microsoft has proven that Morons keep paying massive money to read their books that is b.s.

I am surprised that my thread is still here from 2 years ago.

By the way, I am SharkFiNbowL, I just changed my name, that's all.

Anyways, AMD pwns! I know it now

dL

Stop beating the dead horse, it's no use. :dead: