P4 3.4 or amd64 3500?

CSSource God

Hello guys im looking to upgrade to PCI-Express and i dont know whether to go for a P4 3.4 or AMD64 3500. The P4 chip as u know has 1mb cache as apposed to AMD's 512kb.. This will be mainly a gaming rig and both chips are basically the same price on kompett.ie. Can anyone help me choose give me a good reason to pick one over the other? Thanks

spartacus93

AMD are meant to be better for gaming and Intel for encoding. So go with the AMD, you also have the added benefit of it being 64 bit, so it should last you a bit longer. Go and download yourself a free copy of Windows XP 64bit and you should notice a big speed improvement. Also with the AMD you could get a SLI mobo and a couple of 6800 Ultras!!

CSSource God

Thanks Spartacus. Yep i suppose Windows 64 is out in the next few weeks making the current P4 a bit obsolete.. Wont be doing SLI im afraid but i do have an x850xt PCI-E on order. Should be nice.

Infini

Your best bet would be the AMD 46 preferably the socket 939 version as this would allow you to upgrade the processor in the future when the dual core FX64 become affordable and widely available. Also it would be notable that the athlon 4000 has 1MB cache.

CSSource God

It looks like i will opt for AMD64, the 4000 is a bit too expensive for me right now its a serious price. Unless u know where to get it cheaper? Its only €522 on komplett lol.

Jammer

the new P4's are 64 aswel arent they? the 6XX series?

galwaydude18

defo go with the AMD 64! I have one and its a beast of a processor!

spartacus93

Jammer wrote:

the new P4's are 64 aswel arent they? the 6XX series?

Yes the new ones are but they are more expensive. He was comparing the 3500 to a similarly priced P4 which would have been the older 32bit model.

Jammer

galwaydude18 wrote:

defo go with the AMD 64! I have one and its a beast of a processor!

Maybe its just me but i had a 3200+ A64 for a few months, i now have a 3GHZ P4, and there is no noticeable difference at all. Games or otherwise.

Atlas_IRL

3200 are supposed to be easy to overclock to 3500's if u need to save cash..

Random

Jammer wrote:

Maybe its just me but i had a 3200+ A64 for a few months, i now have a 3GHZ P4, and there is no noticeable difference at all. Games or otherwise.

All depends how picky you are I guess and what games you're playing

Nukem

have a 3500+ Winnie and its a monster for gaming, Half Life & Farcry it just eats um up.Only have a x800xl but heard the x850xt is just the sh!t check modding and tweaking: Vipervenom is pushing his one hard

HungryJoey

Go AMD...There A64 range kick ass...I cannot se how people choose P4's over A64's....There monsters...even my 3000+ Socket 754 is out dated but can be overclocled like crazy , on stock cooler and i can go beyond 2.35GHZ

ChicoMendez

Lads im not to big into processors so maybe you could advise

Basically im iffing between two laptops

FIRST - Targa (lidl france) which has a AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3000+
SECOND-Medion (adli germany) Pentium M 1.73 Ghz

german one is out this week http://www.medion.de/md95500/content.html

is it worth doing 1 1/2 hours drive each way for the german one ??
hmmmmm

Tnx alot

chump

I personally would go for the mobile processor one...

ChicoMendez

chump wrote:

I personally would go for the mobile processor one...

U mean the german one?

why - does that have a better processor?

vishal

the intel centurion are much better than the athlons for battery life.

Pinhead

CSSource God wrote:

Yep i suppose Windows 64 is out in the next few weeks making the current P4 a bit obsolete..

.....

Have I missed something? :rolleyes:

astrofool

well its out, but it hardly makes it obsolete. Would be silly to build a new non 64bit system now tho (and arguably silly to build a non 64bit comp anytime in the last year, as win64 was known about.. )

Jammer

ciaranfo wrote:

All depends how picky you are I guess and what games you're playing

Battlefield/Far Cry/Doom3, HL2 etc.

Where i come from, 70 FPS is 70 FPS, A64 or P4 doesnt really matter