Which of these would be faster?

[Spunkey]

Hi all,

as title really, all of these bits together cost roughly the same (assuming i can get hold of them) which would be the fastest for general browsing and gaming?
no encoding/decoding shenanegans going on here guvnor

System 1:
Athlon XP2600+
NF7-S
Kingston HyperX 512 PC3200

System 2:
A64 2800+ (754)
K8V SE Deluxe
Kingston HyperX 512 PC3200

System 3:
PIV 3.06 (533)
P4P800SE
Kingston HyperX 512 PC3200

Any help greatly appreciated!

[0iD]

I 'would' have said option 3 myself. But no doubt i'll be proved wrong.

[menthel]

If you are gaming and browsing then 2!

[skuzgib]

Option 2

[Timmy!!!]

I would go for option 2, the Pentium 4 needs a high FSB for best performance, so the A64 is the way to go. It is also pretty future proof for longhorn/XP 64 etc.

[0iD]

I just had a quick check round the offices. We have PC's running P4 3.0's & shuttles running A68 2800's (all running @ stock) & going on BOINC processing results only, the P4's are way ahead. Gaming tho, I'd go AMD every time.

[menthel]

Are those ones in your office 800's or 533's?

[0iD]

I only looked at results from the 533's

[menthel]

Hmm. Time for rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishey to balance it up. P4 day to day computing tasks vs amd64 for games! I would still go for the a64 personally. No chance of getting a 939 board and say a a64 3000?

[Timmy!!!]

Hmm maybe I am wrong then. What FSB do A64s run at?


like everyone else said: P4 for encoding, A64 for games

[Spunkey]

blimey that was quick, thanks all
i was leaning towards the A64, it was £20 more than the PIV though.

I'd prefer a 939 setup menthel, just for future proofing, but as they're ex work machines and at £120 for the bundle you cant beat it with a big stick

[menthel]

True! Nice price really. Buy one of each!

[myth]

I'd go for #2... Simply cause a 533 buss with out HT is like poo... So slow...

[wei]

no experience with intel

personally, i choose system 2 and give it a little bit oc

[Howard]

Option 2

[Rcb]

2.