Computer Tech Question.

[HiroHito]

Hi, I just received back from the guarantee a computer I completely forgot about, and while I sent my old 1.5 p4, they gave me instead a 2400 mhz computer within a cute box and a p4s800-mx mobo.

Lately I have been amusing myself by mounting an AMD 2600 XP+ Barton on a A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo, and I'm slowly overclocking it to see how far I can push it before it needs more cooling (which I wont buy cuz of sound mainly).


Anyway, I want to know which one is faster, knowing that the AMD has 512 L2 memory (being a barton) and runs at 1.93 Ghz (maybe 2.01 tonight hehe).

Thx ahead for the answer.

PS: spammers beware !

[Flak]

Computer tech question's answer is always buy a Mac. It's the second rule of the universe.

[Warskull]

The Barton Core should outperform the Pentium. However the pentium will have a higher clock frequency.

[Desert_Eagle25]

AMD. Period.

[Desert_Eagle25]

AMD's processor cores new Hyper Threading technology doubles speeds with little to now data rotation limitations. Speed is enhanced. Period. Pentium's create higher speeds, but lower overall quality production in the process as well.

Liquid cooling is really good - but expensive if done by a pro, and dangerous and time consuming if done by yourself.

I personally have 12 fans in my computer, and use an a PAC to clean out dust whenever my Fan Filters get a little stuffy.

Macs are quality computers. When it comes down to machine performance. It's just that PCs have the software.

Damn straight. That is, MACs vs Pre-Built computers. Give me the same budget you would for a MAC and I'll build you a PC ATLEAST 5x as fast. Pleeaasse. MACs lose vs. custom builds, period.

[HiroHito]

yeah nothing beats a custom built pc.

the 2 comps I have mentionned are merely my new toys and soon my buddies' toy when they come for a visit, I'm running on a AMD Athlon 64-FX53 CPU mounted on a Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (the xp is mounted on the same mobo, which is the best imho. The other pc came with P4S800-mx -btw i cant find any info on this card, help pls) with a an ATI Sapphire 9800Pro-256 (amd has Geforce 4200 ti and pentium nothing yet heh), there is currently 1024 dual channel on the 64, 768 ram on the xp and 256 on the p4, all of em 184 PIN pc 3200 iirc, beside the 64 which is corsair quality (soon to be replaced by ddr2 when budget permits it -understand wife).

Btw if someone could explain to me how to really know an AMD's real power, compared to Pentium ??

My xp64 is only clocked at 2400 mhz =(

PS: and thx for the info !

[flaming lama]

Personally, I take the Clock Speed of the AMD, and act as if it were 1.5GHz faster. That's how much better the IPCs are.

EDIT: Ah yes, I am also a supporter of BYOB-Build Your Own Box.

yay go BYOB! wish i could afford some good ****..

anyway how do i clock an amd athalon? and how sensitive is it? (how far can i push it before its dangerous to my pc?

[HiroHito]

its almost random as you may get a much more expensive CPU instead of what you paid for. download some temperature software and watch it carefully as you overclock the cpu (in the bios or physical oc).

but dont try it unless you know what yer doing, could cost you the comp's heart o0

[KrAzY WaRRiOr]

AMD > Pentium for gaming, period. For work, such as Photoshop and other productivity apps, Pentium is better though.

AMD Equivalent (i.e. AMD 64 3400 > P4 3.4 GHz)