Which one will you choose? AMD64 or Core2Duo?

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But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)

Core2Duo hands down. But, I'm a gamer, so I'd go for the one with the better
gaming benchmarks. Other than that, they are almost neck and neck. Both are
fast, but the Core2Duo beats the X2 by a decent margin on the things I need
(or want) it too.

However, when I do upgrade, I'd be replacing the CPU, motherboard, video
card and RAM. The X2 would use the same DDR RAM that I already have. But,
since I'm still on AGP, and need a whole system replacement anyway, I'd go
with the Core2Duo replacement!

Coming April 22nd, there are some Intel price breaks coming, and I may be
picking up a quad core Intel for under $300.


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Dustin Harper

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"Jerry Wong" wrote in message
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Which one will you choose? AMD64 or Core2Duo?

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But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)

Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying 'em by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead. Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack

If you are an over-clocker consider the 1.8 GHz E4300 for under $200.
Mine is running stable at 2.8 GHz at stock voltage for over two
months. I problably could run it faster. There are reports people
running E4300s at 3.6GHz.

George

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, "Steve Thackery" wrote:
Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying 'em by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead. Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack

The E6300 is about $15-20 more than the 4300, and just as good as an
overclocker. Of course, not many people consider overclocking an option. I
consider it art, though (even my wireless router is overclocked!!).

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Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com

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"George" wrote in message
ups.com...
If you are an over-clocker consider the 1.8 GHz E4300 for under $200.
Mine is running stable at 2.8 GHz at stock voltage for over two
months. I problably could run it faster. There are reports people
running E4300s at 3.6GHz.

George

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, "Steve Thackery" wrote:
Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at
the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying 'em
by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead. Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack

CNET has a very good comparative test review of the two dual core processors,
with 2 models from each make.

Cheers

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

The E6300 is about $15-20 more than the 4300, and just as good as an
overclocker. Of course, not many people consider overclocking an option. I
consider it art, though (even my wireless router is overclocked!!).

--
Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com

--
"George" wrote in message
ups.com...
If you are an over-clocker consider the 1.8 GHz E4300 for under $200.
Mine is running stable at 2.8 GHz at stock voltage for over two
months. I problably could run it faster. There are reports people
running E4300s at 3.6GHz.

George

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, "Steve Thackery" wrote:
Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at
the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying 'em
by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead. Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack

would go with AMD ands down.
get the X2 processor.







"Jerry Wong" wrote in message ...
Which one will you choose? AMD64 or Core2Duo?

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Jerry Wong

http://www.geocities.com/jerrywong.geo
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But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)

The advantage of the E4300 is that it is for an 800MHz FSB and
consequently has a high multiplier (9x). This allows the use of less
expensive DDR2 800 memory for over-clocking instead more expensive
faster memory (e.g. DDR2 1066). Currently, I run my E4300 at 2.88 GHz
with 320 MHz FSB. The memory multiplier is set to 2.5 which results
in a memory speed of 800 MHz. The smallest memory multiplier is 2x
which would allow a 400 MHz FSB and a 3.6 GHz CPU clock without over
clocking the memory.

George

On Mar 20, 11:12 am, "Dustin Harper" wrote:
The E6300 is about $15-20 more than the 4300, and just as good as an
overclocker. Of course, not many people consider overclocking an option. I
consider it art, though (even my wireless router is overclocked!!).

--
Dustin Harper


--"George" wrote in message

ups.com...



If you are an over-clocker consider the 1.8 GHz E4300 for under $200.
Mine is running stable at 2.8 GHz at stock voltage for over two
months. I problably could run it faster. There are reports people
running E4300s at 3.6GHz.

George

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, "Steve Thackery" wrote:
Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at
the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying 'em
by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead. Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack- Hide quoted text -

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Are you running that on air cooling?

--
Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com

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"George" wrote in message
oups.com...
The advantage of the E4300 is that it is for an 800MHz FSB and
consequently has a high multiplier (9x). This allows the use of less
expensive DDR2 800 memory for over-clocking instead more expensive
faster memory (e.g. DDR2 1066). Currently, I run my E4300 at 2.88 GHz
with 320 MHz FSB. The memory multiplier is set to 2.5 which results
in a memory speed of 800 MHz. The smallest memory multiplier is 2x
which would allow a 400 MHz FSB and a 3.6 GHz CPU clock without over
clocking the memory.

George

On Mar 20, 11:12 am, "Dustin Harper" wrote:
The E6300 is about $15-20 more than the 4300, and just as good as an
overclocker. Of course, not many people consider overclocking an option.
I
consider it art, though (even my wireless router is overclocked!!).

--
Dustin Harper


--"George" wrote in message

ups.com...



If you are an over-clocker consider the 1.8 GHz E4300 for under $200.
Mine is running stable at 2.8 GHz at stock voltage for over two
months. I problably could run it faster. There are reports people
running E4300s at 3.6GHz.

George

On Mar 20, 10:40 am, "Steve Thackery" wrote:
Currently it's no contest: Core 2 Duo. The only time to buy an AMD at
the
moment is if price is very important (e.g. you're an OEM and buying
'em
by
the thousand).

In terms of performance for the money, the Intel is way ahead.
Currently
the E6600 looks like the 'sweet spot', being in the corner of the
curve
before the price goes up disproportionately.

Thack- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I have an AMD 5200+ and extremly happy with it, everything runs smoothly
using Vista x64,

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Thank you in advance
Merci a l'avance

Martin
"Jerry Wong" wrote in message
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Which one will you choose? AMD64 or Core2Duo?

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But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)