AMD Athlon 64

[AndrewtheGreat]

Hi,
I have always been an intel person, would anyone care to explain how the Athlon 64 is soo fast if it is only at max a 2.2 GHz proc. I am curious to know.

Andrew Davis

 

[ag3]

For one thing it has a 1600 Mhz Front Side Bus compared to the 800 Mhz of a P4. It has more sockets (therefore it can transmit more data, in less time), it is 64 bit (will make a huge difference once the applications are released). And it has a much shorter pipeline than the P4. AMDs are also better at multitasking.

There are also many more advantages that I am unaware of, so I just listed what I know. I have always been an intel guy, but I decided to go with AMD for my next gaming system.

 

[didi]

For gaming, AMD got advantage cosz it got 3D instructions which Intel dont have.

 

[YourPrinter]

actually only fx series processors only have 1600 fsb

 

[YourPrinter]

amd's are faster because they have a SHORTER Pipeline which also makes it run hotter but faster intels have LONGER pipelines which make them need a very high frequency for them to be fast thats why amd's have monikers to compare the speed with intel

 

[AndrewtheGreat]

so what is the fsb of the athlon 64 if it not 1600 MHz?

 

[YourPrinter]

800 (stock)

 

[AndrewtheGreat]

800 Mhz fsb? that is not bad at all. So do you guys recommend that my next gaming pc is an AMD 64 over a pentium prescott?

 

[ag3]

IMO Yes

 

[Cyph3R]

honestly, u really wont distinguish any diff between say a amd 64 3200+ or a intel p4 3.2ghz. Just pick what you want.