2007-02-02 06:48:26 · 11 answers · asked by Alexander M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
amd athlon will be the best its a power house
i have used both over the years and i am using Pentium duo core now but i miss my athlon
2007-02-05 23:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by top cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to provide more specifics. There are like 4 types of AMD Athlon 64 3200s and about 6 different lines of P4s. However, in the broadest case, the only thing that is always true is that for the same amount of money (price you pay), the AMD chip is going to outperform any Intel chip that is a P4 or older. This is because AMD sets their prices to undercut Intel chips by a certain percentage. This is NOT true for the current dual core processors, however.
2016-03-29 01:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The AMD, easily.
I built my own PC, using Pentium 4 531 and cheap motherboard bundle, with 1GB of DDR400 RAM and using an nVidia GeForce 7100 GS graphics card, 40GB IDE drive and 250GB SATA drive, running Windows XP Pro. I was offered a secondhand Athlon 3200+ with a cheap motherboard for £85, so I sold the Pentium so I could try the AMD instead
My PC now flies- outperforming the previous spec by far
2007-02-04 03:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mike F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well 3 ghz is a lot of horsepower, so in this case Pentium is the clear winner. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that AMD sucks. I for once, have used both AMD and Pentium, and find AMD to be better in terms of performance. My desktop at home is a pentium 4 HT, with 3.19 GHZ, while my laptop is an AMD turion 64 with only 2 GHZ. Both computers have 1 gigabyte of RAM. However, my AMD has outperformed my desktop in many ways and it is much faster. What makes it more impressive that the AMD is running on my mobile machine, while my pentium is chilling inside desktop, ha!
2007-02-02 06:56:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sultan Cartman 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Go for the Athlon. It is defo faster. Of course you'll have to take the motherboard into consideration as well but I've always preferred AMD over intel.
2007-02-03 02:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by drakshug 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends ... if ur doing a processor intensive task like converting a video to another format that takes an hour or so.. then the pentium would probably edge out the amd by a few minuets ... otherwise u would never notice the difference ... i would get the cheaper one myself ...
2007-02-02 06:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It all depends on what you are using it for. The AMD is set up more for gaming, so if you are a gamer, i would suggest the AMD.
2007-02-02 06:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not sure then go for the Pentium. Some programs interrogate the processor to see what make and model it is and crash and burn if it is not a Pentium.
2007-02-02 06:55:12 · answer #8 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Correct answer is the AMD, it's far faster. goto www.tomshardware.com for the prove (cpu benchmarks).
2007-02-02 09:22:41 · answer #9 · answered by computertech82 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pentium - every time!
2007-02-02 06:50:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋