mister_me Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Pentium 4, baby. Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 I sure wish the 3GHz P4 wasn't so much money. I doubt the manufacturing cost justifies the several hundred dollar increase over the 2.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Wait a bit. Buy an AMD clawhammer (on an nForce chipset motherboard), or take advantage of the price drop in other processors when the hammer chips finally appear. Or buy the 64-bit chip that Intel "don't have" *cough cough*. Anyway, what on earth do you need a 3Ghz P4 for at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_me Posted January 17, 2003 Author Share Posted January 17, 2003 If you want more power than 3 gigs, then you could get a dual processor machine from Alienware. They work great. Their only downside is that they require these huge fans to cool them. They sound somewhere between a blow dryer and a vacuum cleaner when in use. 2.8 gigs is just fine. Why would you possibly spend huge money for .2 more gigs? Actually, Dell has some good deals. Dude, get a Dell.:cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Hey, lets just get Athlon XPs and Radeon 9700 pros. You never know, it may work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Originally posted by mister_me Dude, get a Dell.:cool2: If by 'good deal' you mean 'bad deal'? Orwellian doublethink ahoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 athlons are far better... Pentium < * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 I've been considering either a P4 2.66GHz or an Athlon XP 2700+ in my new computer if i'm unable to resolve my current hardware problems. Besides the obvious differences in cost, which will perform better for high-end gaming, graphic design, and mathematics-intense applications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 Athlons are better for gaming, especially if you get a motherboard with nVidia's nForce chipset. With a top end graphics card like the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, it's a wizzy little number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone I've been considering either a P4 2.66GHz or an Athlon XP 2700+ in my new computer if i'm unable to resolve my current hardware problems. Besides the obvious differences in cost, which will perform better for high-end gaming, graphic design, and mathematics-intense applications? The Athlon, especially if your motherboard supports the absurdly high bus speed. Such motherboards are more future-proof anyway. No game needs such hardware anyway, the limiting factor is usually graphics card/bus speed/hard disc speed, depending on what you are doing. If you're doing lots of rendering and/or mathematics stuff you could get a dual athlon system. If you're doing such things and you have the money then you should wait for the 64-bit clawhammer/ opteron, as such things will support it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 If money wasn't an object I'd just get a 64 processor array with a 5PB storage system. Unfortunately as a college student, money is quite a significant factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 If things are tight, waiting for a little while will cause the price of high-end athlons and associated bits an pieces to drop when the clawhammer appears (which is what i was planning to do). Having a motherboard thats supports PC2700 DDR-RAM, ATA-133/150, a 200Mhz FSB and AGP 8x is the main thing atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethfire Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Unfortunately as a college student, money is quite a significant factor. Debt is a part of life as a college student Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Especially at a private college. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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