12-08-2004, 03:58 AM
Schultz Wrote:AMD don't out perform Intel any day.. there are some situations which Intel performs better.. and one area is Reliabilty. I know more people haveing MB issues and such outta AMD chipsets. But hopefully those are resolved and VIA and them start making better ones. Also thouhgh AMD64 is alot better then I64 soultion.. Hence why Intel reversed engineered AMD's 64 instructions and are starting to add them to newest P4's
Anandtech would disagree with you. In fact, go do a search for ANY athlon 64 article in anandtech and look at their benchmarks. The ONLY benchmark that the P4s have a consistent lead in is Video encoding. Not even Audio encoding! When it comes to business apps, they are hit and miss. When it comes to gaming, they are consistently behind. On top of that, these are the 3Ghz and above chips that are being tested. Many times, the 754 AND 939 3000+ chips are beating out 3 and 3.2 Ghz EE P4s. That's a $165 vs $800+ chip. The answer it VERY obvious in what he ought to get.