An Amd Chip Equal To Intel

Douce33 · May 14th, 2006, 05:52 PM

Hey, I've always had a pentium processor so im curious, in your opinions which is the better processor as i am thinking of building a new AMD system. my old system has a socket 478 P4 3.4Ghz with hyperthreading. what would be an equivalent AMD to that processor and how much would it cost. aswell as an AMD processor a step above it? Thanx preferrably a 939 Socket
P4 3.4Ghz/HT socket 478
250GB Maxtor HDD
Fx5200 AGP
Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro3 Mobo
Corsair 2GB DDR400

njolakoski · May 14th, 2006, 05:54 PM

Amd Athlon 64 3400+ would be the obvious one.

Douce33 · May 14th, 2006, 06:01 PM

ok thanx. i just had no idea really cuz i know the speeds are different and that an amd chip of equal clock speed would outperform the intel chip.
if u dont mind me asking, what is the newest socket type for amd and are they planning on releasing a new socket in the near future?

HeadBand · May 14th, 2006, 06:14 PM

939 is the newest, AM2 will be out within a month

but my advice is to wait untill intel releases the core 2 duo, and if the numbers are as good as they say get that

EXreaction · May 14th, 2006, 07:10 PM

Ya, I would also say you should wait(for the Conroe(aka Core Duo 2))...if you want one now though, I would reccomend an X2 3800+...

RamonGTP · May 14th, 2006, 10:45 PM

The numbers are not comprable to intel speeds so a 3400+ is not necessarily equivilent to a 3.4GHz, so it isn't so "obvious"

Performance wise, i'd say the 3700+ is the 3.4GHz equivilent.

SoloCamo · May 14th, 2006, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RamonGTP

Performance wise, i'd say the 3700+ is the 3.4GHz equivilent.

Your kidding right? A 3700+ would dominate a 3.4...

carl33p · May 15th, 2006, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SoloCamo

Your kidding right? A 3700+ would dominate a 3.4...

IDK about that. I have a 3700+ stock. Multitaksing with the 3700+stock and intel 3.4 proly isnt too much difference, definetly not "domination"

RamonGTP · May 15th, 2006, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by SoloCamo

Your kidding right? A 3700+ would dominate a 3.4...

Solo, you don't know what you're talking about. Please provide me some concrete evidence showing a 3700+ dominating a 3.4GHz P4 besides your own (wrong) opinion... Be my guest and go check out tomshardware cpu charts and you will see they are about even. The 3700+ winning some and the 3.4 winning others. Here, i'll help you get started.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.ht...=73&model2=325

Go ahead and run through the tests and tally up the 3.4 wins vs the 3700+ wins.

Douce33 · May 15th, 2006, 01:30 AM

alright thanx for the advice, i think ill wait for the new releases in a couple months, that way if im feelin rich i can go big with the new stuff or get somethin older but still good or cheaper, like the 3700+ as mentioned or go a little bigger to a 4000+ or even try an fx model.