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"Dave C." wrote in :





Can you post links to more benchmarks that support your opinion. I am in
the process of choosing Intel or AMD and would like to take a look at more
benchmarks comparing AMD and Intel.

TIA

No problem! Let's start at anandtech. The following is an article on the
Athlon 64 2800+. But more interesting is, the benchmarks included in the
article are a GREAT comparison of the 3.2GHz P4 processors with the Athlon64
3200+. In this article, these two processors are pretty evenly matched,
with Intel being faster on some benchmarks, and AMD being faster on others.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2038&p=1

Now lets look at what Sharky Extreme has to report in their article about
the 3.4GHz Prescott processor. This one has benchmarks that are a great
comparison of the 3.4GHz Intel chips with the Athlon64 3400+. Here, you
have to be careful, as Sharky doesn't organize their charts in order of
fastest to slowest. And on some charts, LOWER scores are better. But if
you read all the benchmarks, you will again notice that the two chips are
pretty evenly matched, with AMD faster on some and Intel faster on others.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...261_3329681__1

I'd done many hours of research for a couple of systems I was building
recently. The more you review the benchmarks, the more you realize that AMD
and Intel are pretty much tied, as far as performance goes. Then when you
look at total cost to build (not just CPU but you need a mainboard to
support it, obviously), the range of prices runs from pretty even to Intel
just a bit cheaper to build. My two most recent builds were with Intel P4
processors, including this P4 3.0E that I'm typing on at the moment. I'm
still working some bugs out of it, but overall it's a kick-butt system.

I don't think you can go wrong, either way. Intel and AMD both have some
really great processors on the market at good price points, so the consumer
WINS, no matter what they choose. I just am so sick and tired of reading
ignorant comments that boil down to "AMD is ALWAYS better than
el". -Dave