Originally Posted by
tillyoubreakit
Well thats the thing. I always wanted to crack the stupid 4GHz barrier. But my old 2.6C only went to 3.9 in the old Vapochill PE.
Is a 2.8GHz A64 really in the "majority" of games faster than a 4.0 or 4.2GHz P4. The new P4s have 1 MB cache too. And the Intel is faster in "content creation",Adobe, Multitasking and encoding.
So if the difference is not a real killer i would choose a 4.2GHz or higher P4. And the Prescotts scale better on higher speeds.
I dont consider the 64bit part, as it will be a long time till we actually see a good reason to switch (games, non-BETA OS, Apps),,,and by that time ill have a new PC anyways. They dont last long with me.
And i dont care for DDR2 or PCI-E, so i would go with a Socket 478.
Cheers
PS: Doom3 is the biggest overrated game. I played 4 levels and then deleted it.