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?
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=2005 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
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
PS. I would like to see AMD stomp Intel in the next round We can thank AMD for keeping the pressure on Intel, and making both companies deliver some awesome chips peace axeman
My new computer I also built but think I would go to a local guy to build after I had selected all the components. Guy in town will put one together for $100. Cheap to me. Saves loads of time. Just remember to check what parts you bring in to him. Leave with the same. mktman
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!