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Intel vs. AMD Processors
Intel vs. AMD Processors
| Posted By: AphJN | Date Added: 28-11-2005 05:05 AM | Views: 2366 |
AMD - Cheaper than Intel on most products. Mostly attracting gamers due to the price vs. performance. The 3200+ listing means it performs similar to an Intel P4 running at 3200, it does not mean that is its clock speed. Overall, if you want performance at a good price, AMD should deliver. The downside to AMD is that it requires differe motherboards and driver sets than Intel, so you can not just get the same motherboard for an intel and drop an AMD into it and expect it to work. Because of the Chipset/Motherboard differences, they are not easy to compare
Intel - Solid performer that just switched to non-clock speed branding. The Pentium line is a long line of good Processors that are more expensive than their competitor. There are several types of Pentiums, from Celerons (Pentium cores) to Xeons. The current batch are now labeled as follows: Pentium M (Mobile, best power saving features depending on who you read) Pentium 4 (Desktop and direct competitor to AMD Athlons) Pentium D (New Dual Core pentiums, going against the new AMD Dual Core Athlons) Xeon (Server chip that goes against the AMD Opteron) Pentium 4 EE (Extreme Edition, a Xeon in a P4 wrapper, goes against the AMD Athlon 64FX chips)
Both sets are good, but you have to balance what you want, most Laptops are using the Pentium M because its better at power conservation, a good percentage of Desktops are using Athlon based chips because they are cheaper. What are you looking for?
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