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Pentium 4 vs. Athlon XP vs. Athlon 64's
I currently have a Athlon XP 1.8 Ghz system. I'm very happy with it
except the motherboard is not fried. I wasn't planning to upgrade to anything better for at least a year or two but maybe now is the time. My first reaction is to go 64 bit to the Athlon 64 but yet I know I won't use a 64 bit OS for some time and I know the ones to come out (64 bit XP in 2004 especially and Longhorn) may have less features than the regular XP so I hate to make the downgrade so am very concerned about 32 bit performance but the fact of having 64 bit when the time comes is nice. My concerns: For the Athlon 64 if I go with that should I look at the regular Athlon 64 or the Athlon FX? Is there a difference in 32 bit performance among them? I know there is a big price difference? As for the others, should I look at one of the faster XP's, maybe one with the Barton core? As well, how does the Pentium 4 compare pricewise and performance wise? As well, I'd appreciate any motherboard suggestions. I have used Asus mostly and have been very happy with it. |
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read http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTI0
this article goes over alot of different performance aspects of those chips. Chris |
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Pentium 4 vs. Athlon XP vs. Athlon 64's
U know what...INTEL = Crap, go with the AMD, 32-bit support on
Athlon64/x2/FX processors is GREAT! |
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