Athlon 64 3200 VS Athlon XP 3200

[achanz]

Is the Athlon 64 3200 much better in performance than the Athlon XP 3200? I'm planning on buying a motherboard/cpu combo and the athlon 64 is going at about $248 and the Athlon XP at about $129. Does the price basically speak about their performance?
Any advice?

-achanz

 

[CreditSolutions]

The A64 3200 will send the XP 3200 running home crying to its mamma. There is no comparison.

BTW, the A64 3200+ is about $191 off of www.newegg.com

 

[phosho510]

amd athlon 64 3200
handles 64 bit

 

[DoomUK]

In gaming, yes. Take a look at this Doom 3 article: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=7 . Although the AMD 64 3200+ isn't included, it's safe to assume even a budget-end AMD 64 is superior in todays games an Athlon XP.

 

[NappyChan]

But wait, there's more! Not only will the 64 offer superior performance now, wait until developers actually learn to harness the power of 64-bit. Very wise investment.

 

[PP Mguire]

like longhorn and future games.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

stupid question here but what is longhorn?

 

[x86angler]

stupid question here but what is longhorn?

The next Windows.



-x86

 

[NappyChan]

That's a lie! He just forgot to add in 'Foghorn' before that. Next windows? Pssh! Didn't you hear? McDonald's bought Microsoft, along with Toyota.

 

[emeraldice]

Ack, screw longhorn. It's not gunna come out until Bill Gates decides that people are desprate enough (like 2007 or above). You don't have to wait for that stuff. There's a trial version of Windows XP that's 64 bit. It's out there, but it's not 100% contable w/ the 32 bit systems.