New computer - P4 v AMD

[Chewy]

DOUBLE BEAST

[anonymez]

lol it fits

[rainyday]

i think the fastest processor on earth is athlon x2 4800+. (and i dont think intel dual cores r cost effective). anyway does 64bit matters if somebody has less than 4GB ram?

[anonymez]

64bit won't matter at all if your pc doesn't have hardware with 64bit drivers, 64bit OS and then 64bit application.

if even ONE of those 3 things aren't present, there will be no benefits, aside from the fact that athlon64's (and X2's) are currently the best consumer CPU's available today

i think the fastest processor on earth is athlon x2 4800+

not true. i think HP and samsung and NASA have the fastest (custom) pc's in the world . but aside from them, even amd opterons are faster

[Chewy]

I looked up the specs on the opteron x2 4800, except for being multiplier
unlocked and 500$ more, I couldn't find a difference,

[anonymez]

sorry should say : better overclockers (rather made for overclocking )

so if you're not into OC'ing, they are indeed exactly the same. i'd gladly trade mine in for an opteron

[Chewy]

Nah! you would be even more afraid to blow $1300US in the hot aussie
summer, but if you relocated to southern Tazmania and opened the windows.

[anonymez]

lol if i had an opteron i would most definitely OC it, regardless of these horrible hot & sticky weather conditions! the high price is for its amazing stability. i said "trade in", not pay the difference!

[Chewy]

Well the multiplier settings would be so much easier than ramping the fsb and
finding a sweet spot for the memory with a divider.
Pure geek heaven.