Athlon or Pentium?

[grecco_julio]

Choose your prefered one.

 

[AlNom]

Let's see... K7 versus 586? I pick the Athlon.

 

[RejZoR]

Ok,we take P4 3.2GHz and hang a Voodoo3 on it.
Then we take Athlon64 3200+ and use GeForce 6800 Ultra

Which system is better? Whats the point of this poll except another flame war?

 

[AlNom]

I thought it was obvious. "How to read."

 

[grecco_julio]

Ok,we take P4 3.2GHz and hang a Voodoo3 on it.
Then we take Athlon64 3200+ and use GeForce 6800 Ultra

Which system is better? Whats the point of this poll except another flame war?

So, let's say a Pentium 3.2 with GF6800 Ultra versus Athlon 3200 with GF6800 Ultra.

 

[grecco_julio]

Do you prefer HT + 32 bit or Non HT 64 bit and cheaper mobo's?

 

[MuFu]

Cyrix

 

[RussSchultz]

At the moment, I'm fully supportive of AMD products.

They seem to beat the pants off of Intel products in the areas i'm interested in.

 

[t0y]

Do you prefer HT + 32 bit or Non HT 64 bit and cheaper mobo's?

I wouldn't care too much about 64 bits yet, but after the p4 northwood, the only one that matters is the athlon64.

I thought this was one of those rare things people agree on....

BTW, just to lighten things up, I am the proud owner of a noisy p4 3.2 HT laptop.

 

[wireframe]

1. This has absolutely nothing to do with 3D hardware or their drivers (if, indeed, it has anything to do with anything).

2. I was hoping the question would have been which name people preferred. Alas, it seems to be some weird attempt at sizing them up. "Which is better: green or orange?" would have been a better question. (But I think it would have to be in "General Discussion" as opposed to "Hardware")

 

[incurable]

"Which is better: green or orange?" would have been a better question.

I'll just answer that one: I hate green, and the room I'm sitting in has orange walls - Orange! 8)

 

[Acert93]

I have owned both... and have a long history of bouncing back and forth between the two depending on the needs of the system and who is leading at the price point I am looking at + upgrade path. I currently have a P4 (two years old, 2.533GHz overclocked to 2.85), but for what I and my friends normally do I have been recommending AMD64s. They are just a better chip all around in most areas and have great bang for the buck. But as always that can change. Of course what you do with your PC makes a big difference... very rarely is there an absolute answer at all price points and tasks. No doubt the AMD64 is flexing its muscle at this time.

 

[ANova]

Where's the option for both?