OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

$700 you say?
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA22009 Mobo (ASROCK 939 with PCIE + AGP 8X) $66.00

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA21445 CPU ATH64+ 3700 $215

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA19781 Kingston Hyper-X CL2 DDR400 DC Memory 1gb (2x512) $118.00

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA37270

Power Color X800GT Radeon 256 PCIE $159.00

$558 Soo far
Add a DVD-RW
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=AA30470 $39.00

Case:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Skusearch...iteria=BA21553 $35

500W PS
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA21827 $66.00

$698! VIOLA! Enjoy!

[Noobownage11]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

dude u messed up. The video card is PCI but the mobo is agp

[Pilot Z]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

I like P4 better. I have a hyper thread version of mine.

People would mainly choose P4 over AMD because it is simply more reliable and has a higher quality. You all heard about AMDs Duel Core .. P4 did it in 1/4 of the time and the results turned out better ...

[imported_shadow_vision]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

$698! VIOLA! Enjoy!

hehe ... ty this is a good idea but i have a question ... why did you choose to downgrade the video card in order to upgrade the processor? just curious

[imported_goya]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

I like P4 better. I have a hyper thread version of mine.

People would mainly choose P4 over AMD because it is simply more reliable and has a higher quality. You all heard about AMDs Duel Core .. P4 did it in 1/4 of the time and the results turned out better ...

what you talking about willis? the amd64 is as reliable as the p4! visit tomshardware and learn, newbie.

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

dude u messed up. The video card is PCI but the mobo is agp

Uh no I didn't it takes both (I have one)
IT takes 8X AGP AND PCI-E 16X

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

hehe ... ty this is a good idea but i have a question ... why did you choose to downgrade the video card in order to upgrade the processor? just curious

This Video card is not a Downgrade, I went from a Radeon X 700PRO AGP to this CARD and I get 10-15 more FPS in higher settings. Spending $500 on a VC is not the way to go, find what works for you and use it, the X800GTO is a fantastic card. Graphics card elitists **** me off. I have owned top of the line VC's before, they are not worth the $$ you spend on them as they are outdated and priced down very quickly. You will never see me pay more than $250 for a VC, I don't need to run this game in 1600X1200 Full A/A, it is just not that important to me.
Look at the facts. X700 Pro Pipelines = 8
X800GT Pipelines = 8
X700AGP bus bandwith = 8x
X800PCIe bus banwith = 16x
It seems like a no brainer.

Plus he was looking to spend under 700 bones, this is my rig almost to the T, and it plays everything ESPECIALLY BF2 PERFECTLY!

[imported_shadow_vision]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

This Video card is not a Downgrade, I went from a Radeon X 700PRO AGP to this CARD and I get 10-15 more FPS in higher settings.

heres my idea for a build (previously posted):

AMD 3200+ 2.0 Ghz /

GeIL 1Gb(512x2) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM

80 Gb Hardrive ATA 100

x800gto 256Mb Vid Card

Asus 4 Mb/ PCIE

and so ... u downgraded it ... get it? :p

[imported_shadow_vision]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

and to get 500 watt with 70% efficiency or 400 watt with 80% efficiency?

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

Oh I didn't see he had a GTO, buy 2x as much RAM then!

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

and to get 500 watt with 70% efficiency or 400 watt with 80% efficiency?

Hey nitpicker! Get the 500W, it is an ANTEC! Buying other inexpensive PSU's is a mistake.

Also, I have to ask you why you care about a +/-10% delta on efficiency. I think you are just trying to **** me off.:p

[Hephaistion]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

heres my idea for a build (previously posted):

AMD 3200+ 2.0 Ghz /
GeIL 1Gb(512x2) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
80 Gb Hardrive ATA 100
x800gto 256Mb Vid Card

Asus 4 Mb/ PCIE

and so ... u downgraded it ... get it? :p

And why on earth would you advise someone to get a Non-SATA HDD?

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA29870

$54 for a WD 80GB SATA-150 Drive. If you want to be the last one on the map, use a straight IDE-133 drive.

[cloakster]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

You all heard about AMDs Duel Core .. P4 did it in 1/4 of the time and the results turned out better ...

what are u talking about AMD had the duel core processor out about a year ago. the pentium D came out a few months ago. also the AMD duel core is much better

[Noobownage11]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

Uh no I didn't it takes both (I have one)
IT takes 8X AGP AND PCI-E 16X

my bad

[SFR-MAINE]

Re: OK ... Why AMD Not P4?

http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=25484

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/quake_4_dual-core_performance/