P4 vs. Athlon XP-M 2500+

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by maggandre, Dec 27, 2003.

  1. nitro

    nitro

    Yeah,

    That is why all this talk about CPU is silly in the context of what kind of trading applications people on ET do.

    The FX51 based systems are nice. I really need a screamer soon, way faster than any of these systems. I am holding off till the sprnig for some new announcements from both INTEL AMD and the memory makers - there will be some new and exciting stuff worth waiting for.

    One thing is for certain. I will be trying as hard as possible to avoid getting a 32 bit based system. I wish I could afford an eight way Opteron system :cool:

    nitro
     
    #11     Dec 29, 2003
  2. In full agreement -- bought another P4 this week at well under $1k, tough deal to beat. I wouldn't pay more than $800 for a 32bit system at this point, AMD all the way.

    Yeah, the Opteron is sweet, hard to justify, but cool as sh*t.

    arb.
     
    #12     Dec 30, 2003