Athlon vs. Intel

[12345678910]

Could someone tell me the difference in the performance of the Athlon XP 2700 333 and the equilavent in processor speed for Intel Pentium 4?

In other words :

What is the fastest processor that Athlon makes? (I am assuming it is the one I mentioned)

What is Intel's equilavent? (I.E. P4 - 2.0 GHZ?, 2.8 GHZ?)

And, what is the overall better product?

Thanks Guys!
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[Krell]

Hey there,

while were almost on the subject . . . try going to a bookstore etc, and check out this months copy of Maximum PC. Its worth buying I think, well . . I did.

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[The Hunter]

next question, what one is the most heat sensitive, especially when overclocked?

[12345678910]

Thanks guys. And Krell, I probably will pick up that magazine. Thanks.

Peace,
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[gorphon]

the initial runs of athlon 2200+ were VERY hot. I mean, they ran hot as all hell, somewhere close to 50c if memory serves... leaving me with just about zero desire to overclock them.... however, I have heard- though seen no proof of it as of yet- that AMD's newest chips have conquered this problem and run much closer to 40c now....

for overclocking... its a tough one. the amd chips need to be unlocked, a pretty elementary exercise on the pre 2400+ chips. but from the 2400+ and up it is supposed to be a cast iron you know what to do.....

so, though I am and always will be an amd customer (as long as they are around) I think the new p4 chips with the c1 stepping are a great bet for overlocking. if they even can be overclocked, to be honest I have not even checked into it much at all as I am not at all an intel fan. but if you got the dough to burn they make some fast ass chips. especially with the new fsb sppeds and all that.

[Tremaine]

not sure but the amd athlon has a higher clockspeed, but the fact is you'll get more quality and an amd is alot quicker than the intel, put it this way if you have a amd 2700+ its going to be a hell of a lot faster than any intel petium four even at 3ghz petium 4.

[12345678910]

I found a link to a site which did a great job at explaining AMD Athlon XP 2600+ vs. Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz. It is quite a read and some of it I don't even understand, but some of you may want to take a look at it anyway.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...nxp-26-mx.html

Peace,
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[Tremaine]

i meant to put the 2.8 chips, intel has a new intel petium 4 3.0 ghz chip and it has xeons which ones are you talking about?

[12345678910]

Originally posted by Tremaine
i meant to put the 2.8 chips, intel has a new intel petium 4 3.0 ghz chip and it has xeons which ones are you talking about?

I was thinking about the newest chips. Because the Intel Pentum 4 3.06GHZ is $654 and the Athlon XP 2700 333 is at $328. If I can get just as good performance from the cheaper one(AMD), why bother with Intel, am I correct?

Thanks,
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[isus]

yea, i agree about intel's useless waste of money...

can a better pc really change your life?

who the hell cares? stable and useful is all i need.

i like intel personally, but would choose amd anyway... i like intel bc they run a lot cooler (at least in my experiences) then any amd chip...

but amd is nice. dealie is right, who needs to overclock a system? people who are poor and have a cpu less than 300 mhz... i'd overclock a gpu before a cpu.

[gorphon]

hmmm.... weird. Ive never had any problems with overclocking... noting burnt out, nothing destroyed, no use for a fire extinguisher. but I do tend to research something to death before implementing it.

eh. whichever. to each their own.

[Krell]

I have OC everything I have had, and saved up to $300 at a time by doing it. HOWEVER, to heed Dealies caution, and what gorphon already utilizes, BE COOL.

Now, lets not speculate this to death, lets find someone who had tried to do a legit benchmark of these two recent processors. Again, this is just one survey, results may vary.

http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.html?i=1641
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[isus]

ok, well, lemme clarify...

i would not suggest oc'ing for beginners, esp. the ppl who don't understand the guts of a comp to start with.

advanced users like gorphon, then thats a different point.

[Siskabush]

when i got money, i think ill get a AMD, they are better

And did you notice on the new intel commercials, they do not say "Intel inside your music, intel inside your movies" anymore?

Because of that damn chip they are putting in

[Mr. Mainstream]

they did a top talk bout this on Tech Tv