Topic: p4 or amd 64?

[jon996]

just about to buy a new processor...im swinging towards a amd athlon 64 but some people have told me that they rnt very gd :roll: i think they are better than p4's but im not sure what do it now??

ps can i still use my 32bit version of xp with an 64 chip??

Jon>>>

just been looking at Sempron 3000's seems gd for the price??

[sam]

u can use a 64bit with windows 32bit (well most of my mates do).

if you are after games then the amd might be the best option, but both of them have good features in different ways.

i have a p4 and am going to move to an amd soon, but a rather expensive one for gaming purposes (I havent decided what one yet though..)

[jon996]

ahhhhhhhhhhh im totally stuck?!?! i was lookin at sempron processors they look ok but i know nothing bout them? amd is the way i think but which one?

jon

[Sandra]

I would forget about Sempron as they only have 128 Kb L2 cache.

I think Sempron is the replacemt for the old AMD Duron so it may be high in Mhz but with only 128 Kb cache it will be noticeably slower than the same speed CPU with 512 Kb or above.

The Athlon XP come with 512 Kb.

The Athon 64 socket 754 and the Winchester and Venice core socket 939 all have 512 Kb.

If you are really rich (around £230 inc vat) then you could go for a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ / 2.2 GHz processor socket 939 with 1mb of L2 cache  

The Intel P4 Prescotts have 1 mb cache.

You pay your money and you take your chance Jon  

[jon996]

true sandra as im incredabily poor i think im going to go for a amd athlon 64 3000+ iv found one for a realitivly cheap price of £82.60 here

but a new computer shop has opened up down the road from me so ill check it out but im sure it will be extortionate...no im not a cynic :shock:

cheers

[sam]

u tried savastore.com and ebuyer.com? they might have them cheaper.

[jon996]

97£ at savastore and 96£ at ebuyer..id normally stick to ebuyer but i was quite dissapointed with their price