AMD or INTEL

[MackAttack]

Hey Im gonna build a new Comp. in the end ofthe summer/fall

any advice on what I should get an INTEL or AMD???...use for gaming and using AutoCAD 2006....watching videos and what not...

or any advice or tips on ANYTHING would be great.

thanks people

 

[Lord AnthraX]

Get an Intel conroe when they come out...they will rape anything AMD has to offer...

You wont regret it

 

[U-Toast]

The benchmarks on the early test models were pretty impressive. I dont have the link right now, il see if i can find it.

Other good choices are the opteron series from AMD, very overclockable, nice for multi-threaded tasks, and gaming.

AMD is also comming out with their new socket AM2 soon, so you might want to wait and see how they perform. You can see some benchmarks on anandtech.com

Also, im sure there are loads of AMD vs Intel threads

 

[sumik]

there's tons of the same topics just flying around, just try serch bar and u'll find tons of answerd for the same question u have

 

[macdude425]

You say that Conroe will kick AM2's butt, but if AMD can get the AM2 dual-core-acting-as-one thing down before Conroe comes out, it'll be that you'll want, especially if you use a lot of single core apps.

 

[MackAttack]

ummmmm I'm not familiar with the deeper stuff......whats single core apps? lol sorry

 

[macdude425]

"Single-core apps" are applications that are only able to take advantage of one thread of processing. In otherwords, the speed gain you get with a dual core processor doesn't mean much in single-core apps because you are only able to take advantage of one core.

(Doesn't mean they don't run faster, though.)

 

[MackAttack]

ok.......but like I mean what are single core apps?...could you give me some examples??thanks

 

[ulater6000]

Wait and get an Intel Conroe, or if you need cpu now, then get an athlon 64 X2 or an Opteron 165 or 170.

 

[MackAttack]

no...I'm making my computer towards september...im gonna be out west till August..than when I get home im gonna start getting the parts together.