AMD or INTEL

[firebasefury]

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Many of the people I know are a great fan of AMD but when someone says that AMD is better than Intel I think we are greatly mistaken because it is not in all aspects. I know many of you are already familiar with this site but for those who are not try visiting www.tomshardware.com then checkout which is better in the battle against AMD and Intel.

I am currently using a P4 in my rig and so far I did not encounter any problems with it. It is as stable as before. I've assembled it myself and I have no problems at all.

Peace man!!!

[jeppoy]

i know AMD is gud but have some difficulties in deciding what is the best proc. for me coz different online computer shops differently describes their AMD processors, coz i bought most of my hardware online, kc dito sa amin medyo behind and mga suppliers so i prefer buying them online.

[jjjoelll]

AMD pa gihapon ko... heheheh

[fuzzylogic]

same here, heheheh

[jeppoy]

need answer to my posted question. puro raman ta ani og agree nga tsada AMD or AMD lng gihapon mo, tabang mo xplain og newbie sa AMD kay kng libog ko den mag.INTEL nasad ko ani. daghan na raba INTEL dri sa amo

[jjjoelll]

ok 14343, I think you should go for AMD. Also please do tell us what vcard you would like to install into your system so we can also give you an estimate because there are so many different types of vcard with 128MB of memory...

My recommended specs for an AMD system:

AMD Athlon 2500+ (Barton) - HK$735
Any brand full ATX MOBO equipped with NFORCE 2 Chipset... (but ASUS or ABIT boards are very recommended) - HK$855
PC3200 256MB x2 (forget your 1GB plan) - HK$760
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR - HK$960
60GB HDD or MORE (either Western Digital or Seagate make) HK$650
Cheap DVD Rom will do... HK$280

Including the casing, PSU and 17" CRT Monitor is cheap you should be able figure out which one you want. - HK$1400

with this rig you will definitely be spending HK$6000+ including the miniature components like speakers, keyboard and mouse - or perhaps even lower...

Sa peso siguro around Php40,000 lang tanan meron ka nang decent computer for your games...

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if you're set to Intel you'll definitely need to withdraw more money out of your savings. The Intel cost 20 to 25 percent more...

[14343]

hmmmm......actually i need the ram more than the video card.......i got the intel based proc computer with the specs i posted @ exactly 40t php.........with 80g hdd.........almost the same huh?..............but not!!

[jeppoy]

what is the difference between a barton or a thorougbred nga AMD, naa lagi specs ang AMD procs. nga barton lng den naa pud thorougbred lng og naa sad barton and thorougbred.aha mas tsada.

[werty]

thoroughbred = 256 cache
barton = 512 cache
mas chada ang barton because of highe cache & new instruction set... pls refer lang sa AMD website for details....

[jjjoelll]

hmmmm......actually i need the ram more than the video card.......i got the intel based proc computer with the specs i posted @ exactly 40t php.........with 80g hdd.........almost the same huh?..............but not!!

OK, let's say the AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 1.826GHz system that i am recommending to you versus the system you wanted to get Pentium 4 2.4Ghz... Lets also put it, for example on the same price... Which one do you think is more powerful

Note that the prices I have stated above was quoted 4 months back. There are all so much cheaper now!