Intel vs. AMD...

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Originally Posted by Rattlerr

The next system I build will be with Dual Core Xeon Processors on a Double Socket Motherboard,with a Minimum of 2 Gigs of Ram Per CPU Core...But yeah AMD or Intel will work good for you Rob...But from what i see the AMD X2 is also more expensive...LOL

Kinda weird AMD being more expensive this time around but if you look on Newegg.com you will see the starting price for a AMD X2 is around $500 give or take...To where the Intel Pentium D @ 2.8Ghz starts at around $280.. :)

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The X2 3800+ is $322, IMO ~$50 for what equates to 1Ghz faster CPU isn't bad.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562

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Now, let me share something here.

Price: Intel expensive…AMD cheap
Stability : Intel stable …AMD less stable
Performance : Intel low…AMD high
Heat : Intel cool…AMD hot
Manage calculation software : Intel better…AMD less better
Manage graphic / 3D game software : Intel less better…AMD better

It is depending on our priority. If our priority concern on;
-price--> buy AMD
-performance --> buy AMD
-stability --> buy Intel
-use calculation software --> buy Intel
-use graphic/3D game --> buy AMD

thanks

The last time checked (and that is a while ago, I admit that), it was Intel that consumed both more power and created heat a lot. This from the times of Pentium 4 generation. I haven't followed how the things are for the newest processors since I'm not buying a new computer in atleast two-three years.

AMD was hotter before those times, the first generation Athlons were worse on heat than Intels (was it Pentium III that competed with the Athlons...). Then things changed with Pentium 4 and the later generation Athlons.


Anyways, it'd be always nice to see actual numbers and models that were compared instead of using generalization to all processors currently available :)

go for AMD...

We just recieved a demo unit sunmicrosystem x4200 Server. Currently it has two (2) 2.8 Gig opteron single cores and 2 gig of Ram. At first I was skeptical of its performance coz it was built by sunmicrosystems in which before don't support windows OS, but now they do. We installed 64 bit windows 2003 server and 64 bit sql server 2005. Man! it's Amazing. Our sql queries are now faster. Super fast. Too good to be true actualy. We have this one heavy sql query that would take 29 seconds to complete on a Pentium 4 2.8 Gig Extreme edition, 2 gig of ram. In the x4200 Opteron Powered Server it can compelete the query in less than 2 seconds. amazing! Another is I have batch update module that would take 4 hours to complete on the said P4E and on the Opteron less than 20 minutes to complete. I'm so satisfied! Too bad no Xeons to test. We are convinced in buying the x4200 server but with 2 dual core opterons instead. Can't imagine what power the twin dual opterons and 4 gig of Ram can provide.

AMD rules!