If I had to choose between CPU's, which?

[Fordtruckmaniac]

I have a question.

If I had to choose between these two different CPU's, which would be the best bang for the buck?


AMD Athlon 64 3400, 2.2GHz, socket 754;

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Athlon%2064%203400+%20-%20ADA3400AEP5AP%20(ADA3400BOX).html


Or a Intel Pentium 4, Prescott, 3.4GHz, socket 775;

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL7Z7.html

I have read where AMD's Athlon 64's, though they show a slower frequency speed, are as fast or faster than the Pentium 4's in certain instances.

Thanks

[Calum]

Both are around the same, performance wise.
However, I'd choose the Athlon, as they tend to run cooler.

[fpsmitch]

mine is oc'ed and idle it stays cool(around 39c) athlon 3500 2.2->2.4ghz

[squall_01]

I would go with the intel since that most games are made to run with that type of cpu.

[fpsmitch]

what are you talking about?

[squall_01]

pc game specs

[Calum]

The minimum system requirements for many games usually do refer to Intel P4 or equivalent, yes (e.g. Intel Pentium 4 2GHz).
That's a reference point though, used because Intel CPUs tend to be more common than AMD ones.
Games are optimized for different CPUs, true, but the optimizations run both ways - games aren't made to run on Intel CPUs and not AMD.

[macdad-]

really its the cpu's cache space and the speed it runs that make the difference.

[fpsmitch]

exactly

[soybean]

I would go with the intel since that most games are made to run with that type of cpu.

Where did Fordtruckmaniac say anything about games?   

[patio]

 

Good to seeya again FTM !

[Fordtruckmaniac]

really its the cpu's cache space and the speed it runs that make the difference.

Thats why I listed the specs from cpu-world.

So a person with more knowledge than me, could compare.


So they are pretty much equal, performance wise?

I'm not a gamer, just wanting to make some improvements. I already have a couple 754 boards, that will take up to the 3700 Athlon 64.

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Good to seeya again FTM !

Yes, its been awhile. 

[Calum]

So they are pretty much equal, performance wise?

Fairly equal, yes.  Each will be slightly better in different applications, but overall, very similar.

I'm not a gamer, just wanting to make some improvements. I already have a couple 754 boards, that will take up to the 3700 Athlon 64.

The S754 3700 is pretty rare, I'm finding them pretty expensive here too.  What's your current specs?

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Actually right now I'm running a Biostar U8668-D, socket 478 board with a SL6PG Pentium 4 3.06, 533MHz bus speed/512KB L2 cache size, with a 1GB of PC2700 Kingston memory.