axeman, I got a question for windows software that monitors CPU usage. If there are two HT CPUs, does it show the usage rate of each one seperately?
Hyperthreading is sweet
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I came across this article on building a pc. If you have no clue where to start or not sure of what to use this can help . They seem to really like AMD.
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=1984&p=1
I came across this article on building a pc. If you have no clue where to start or not sure of what to use this can help . They seem to really like AMD.
I liked the AMD 64bit chip too. 64 bit is the future.
But I approached this objectively, and all the performance
comparisons I saw clearly put the P4 in the performance lead.
AMD has a sweet chip, but its still slower.
Further, its even slower on the new 64bit version of WinXP.
64bit WinXP is still too new. It made virtually no difference.
I bet the peformance will increase once they get well past the
beta stage, a few production versions later.
peace
axeman
But I approached this objectively, and all the performance
comparisons I saw clearly put the P4 in the performance lead.
AMD has a sweet chip, but its still slower.
Further, its even slower on the new 64bit version of WinXP.
64bit WinXP is still too new. It made virtually no difference.
I bet the peformance will increase once they get well past the
beta stage, a few production versions later.
peace
axeman
Scroll way down, and you will see some nice performance
graphs at this website:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/roundupmobo/p4-3.2ghz-vs-axp3200+.html?23320
I have the 875P motherboard with 3.2ghz P4.
It clearly beats the fastest AMD combo in just about everything.
peace
axeman
graphs at this website:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/roundupmobo/p4-3.2ghz-vs-axp3200+.html?23320
I have the 875P motherboard with 3.2ghz P4.
It clearly beats the fastest AMD combo in just about everything.
peace
axeman
Save yourself a lot of time and pick-up a nice Dell Pentium 4 off their "Refurbished Site"
http://outlet.us.dell.com/Dispatche...&lob=DIM&tgtSeg=I&srcType=xml&srcDetail=offer
In fact, you can get yourself a Dell Dimension 8300 with a Pentium 4 at 3.0 and the 800 Mghrz front-side bus, with 512mb of RAM, a 128mb GeForce FX-5200 AGP video card with a CDRW and 80 gig hard drive on Windows XP-Pro for $684.00
Add another 512mb of RAM for another $120.00 and you are all set!
http://outlet.us.dell.com/Dispatche...&lob=DIM&tgtSeg=I&srcType=xml&srcDetail=offer
In fact, you can get yourself a Dell Dimension 8300 with a Pentium 4 at 3.0 and the 800 Mghrz front-side bus, with 512mb of RAM, a 128mb GeForce FX-5200 AGP video card with a CDRW and 80 gig hard drive on Windows XP-Pro for $684.00
Add another 512mb of RAM for another $120.00 and you are all set!