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Deepone

Nov 28 2005, 01:46 PM

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original test

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After reading the round-by-round account of our dual-core desktop CPU prizefight, it should come as no shock that AMD's Athlon 64 X2 chips are the runaway victors here, laying out the Intel Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition 840 chips pins up. If we had to call out one chip, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4400+ is an outstanding bargain given the competition, but as our results show, any AMD dual-core CPU will serve you better than its similarly priced Intel equivalent.

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Whatever Intel's strategy, it doesn't seem to have held up. We're very interested to see what happens when the next generation of chips and chipsets hits the market starting in January. But until then, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 should be your dual-core processor of choice.

inquirer article

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A SO-CALLED "prizefight" set of benchmarks run by news.com has pitted a heavyweight champion against a dead lightweight failure, if the results are to be believed.

News.com pitted AMD versus Intel dual core CPUs and tested areas including day to day computing, gaming, multitasking, photo editing, MP3 encoding, video encoding and bangs per buck, or price performance as others call it.

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According to this, out of a total points of 100, AMD got 100 and Intel got zero.

now does it surprise anyone that Intel had turned down the fight gauntlet for dual-core server prosessors?

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Messenger

Dec 28 2005, 12:15 AM

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QUOTE (Ratrap @ Dec 26 2005, 10:08 AM)

Had 1 AMD, no never again. Too many problems with it.

I prefere Intel. Most games are based on Intel anyway :D

You probably had an Athlon XP .... those things ran hot enough to fry an egg and weren't particularly well supported.
The current generation of Athlon single and dual core processors run cool, quiet, stable and most importantly - flog the ass off their equivalent Intel rivals for speed. At the store I manage, we sell 5 AMD systems to 1 Intel. Don't get me wrong, the Intel systems we build run nice and stable, but the heat (and subsequent fan noise) coming from them is just unforgivable on Intels behalf.

The X2's (AMD dual core) are in a class of their own .... blisteringly fast, almost silent and still run nice and cool even with hefty overclocking.

As for "games are based on Intel" - I'll agree with Pikaporeon here with the laughter .... that hasn't been the case for quite some time.

This post has been edited by Messenger: Dec 28 2005, 12:17 AM

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Deepone AMD annihilates Intel in dual core benchmark tests Nov 28 2005, 01:46 PM

Bdn Good to see, I don't like Intel anyways there ... Dec 26 2005, 02:50 AM

Ratrap Had 1 AMD, no never again. Too many problems with ... Dec 26 2005, 10:08 AM

Bdn To each there own I guess, I mostly prefer AMD b... Dec 27 2005, 05:42 AM

Pikaporeon .... *cries from laughter* Dec 27 2005, 06:07 AM

Ratrap <_< Pfff Dec 27 2005, 10:03 AM

Pikaporeon Are you pffting me? *growls* ;) Dec 27 2005, 10:24 PM

Messenger You probably had an Athlon XP .... those things r... Dec 28 2005, 12:15 AM

Bdn I love my AMD 64, it runs cooler and quieter then ... Jan 5 2006, 05:19 AM

Deepone awk.. cant wait to get to upgrade my computer.. wa... Jan 5 2006, 01:48 PM

Bdn Im only running 3000+ venice at the moment, new ra... Jan 8 2006, 03:52 AM

Pikaporeon My 3800x2 has been running nicely. Especially comi... Jan 8 2006, 06:08 AM

Deepone I'm still running that one, pikaporeon.. have ... Jan 8 2006, 12:52 PM

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