[cysus]

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Originally posted by cyphen
cysus - what's intel coming out with? and how are AMDs stacking up to Intels these days? I know that hyperthreading makes Intels show up as multiprocessors, how do they compare to the latest from AMD? Sorry, but like i said - i've kinda been outta the loop for a bit...

1. it is not so much a new processor but a new socket for the prescott and future Intel CPU's, new motherboards are coming out for them soon
2. Most would say that AMD is winning over Intel and I'd agree, but that may change soon.
3. Hyperthreading allows a CPU to basicly be used better for day to day activities, it has little to no effect on games and other programs that put a heavy load on the CPU.

You sould look at some of these reviews before deciding.
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031223/index.html
also this shows some of the upcoming products for Intel.
http://www.tomshardware.com/business...2004_1-03.html
At this point I wouldn't buy anything that doesn't have PCI Express, an upcoming video card interface to take the place of agp.

Here's the ideal thing to look for...(won't be out yet but in the next few months...)
An AMD64 motherboard that has both PCI express16x and agp, DDR and DDRII support, PCI and PCI express ports, serial ATA, IDE connectors and gigabite lan.
This motherboard would be "future proof"