AMD Vs Intel

[Wij]

It's not just AMD that sell the odd dodgy CPU. My P3 1gig will NOT run at 1 gig properly. I have to underclock it to 933 to get it to run stable.

 

[caLLous]

Yeah, and my bastard 486sx33 never ran at 33mhz

 

[Wij]

Whereas my Athlon XP 1800+ runs perfectly at 1533

 

[caLLous]

And my Athlon XP 2000+ runs perfectly (pending new fan on geforce) at 1667.

 

[Insane]

Scan? hell no.. too much dodgy kit shipped from them to even comprehend them as a decent company (dvds, floppy drives, keyboards, gfx cards, motherboards, memory, etc)

Dabs has only screwed me once, with an accidental shipment (which was sorted out the next day)

Overclockers.co.uk had shipped parts which were opened prior to shipment (a 300w macron PSU comes to mind)

Aria (really poor company) couldn't even ship working graphics cards on three seperate occasions!

Built too many machines to count, more people went with AMDs because they were cheaper, but we had a few go for P4's...

Systems are wierd
I run an AthlonXP 1600+, and a Pentium III 1gig
Father's on an Athlon 550 (old slot version)
Server's a little cellery 300a OC'ed to 450
Sister's got herself a new compaq laptop with Duron processor

 

[caLLous]

Well InSaNe, you're seriously the first person I've ever encountered who's had a problem with Scan.

 

[throdgrain]

My p3 1 gig runs perfect , with its gf2 ti200 . So ner

 

[Skyler]

I know at least 3 people who have had shit from scan...

I wouldnt buy there personally...

what I hear about them is either very good or utterly shite... so its a gamble I guess...

Im still running an athlon 600 (slot) which i obtained about 2 and a half years ago and its been stable as fuck tbh, just it gets way to hot...

 

[Testin da Cable]

it seems AMD is beating the heck out of Intel in our ickle poll

 

[Embattle]

That's coz we are all pikey

 

[throdgrain]

No thank you Mr. Embattle, I dont want my drive tarmac-ing. No really I don't. No,I dont care how much it is. Please go away.
Hey, come back with that push bike !

 

[FuZor]

Only in your wet dreams Embattle!

 

[Furr]

AMD is winning YAY

 

[FuZor]

AMD owns man!

 

[*Kornholio*]

70% go for AMD at the moment... the intel boys need to do something quick... maybe trade their jaguars & merc's in for fords or something...

Personally I have recently gone from a P3-733 to an XP-1600 & am not looking back for one second... the XP chips are the dogs danglies

 

[throdgrain]

With respect Korn thats got less to do with the manufacturer and more to do with the large increase in processor speed m8

 

[*Kornholio*]

yeah, but what i got for what i payed = the bollox & way better (imo) than what intel had to offer...

 

[Stazbumpa]

I haven't read all this thread so forgive me if I'm repeating an earlier question BUT......


The Athlon XP CPU's are supposed to take advantage of Win XP, but how well do they run and is there any loss of performance under Win 2k Pro?

I'm thinking of upgrading y'see.

 

[bodhi]

Intel still fucking 0wn AMD.


end of.

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by stazbumpa
The Athlon XP CPU's are supposed to take advantage of Win XP, but how well do they run and is there any loss of performance under Win 2k Pro?

Eh? Where did you hear that? They're named XP purely to cash in on the Windows XP buying rush, that's all.
There are supposedly some tweaks AMD included so they can say things like 'optimised for Windows XP' but they're nothing more than marketting gimmicks.

Win2K will run just as well.

 

[*Kornholio*]

Originally posted by Bodhi
Intel still fucking 0wn AMD.


end of.

yeah, yeah....

 

[Stazbumpa]

Originally posted by SomeGuy


Eh? Where did you hear that? They're named XP purely to cash in on the Windows XP buying rush, that's all.
There are supposedly some tweaks AMD included so they can say things like 'optimised for Windows XP' but they're nothing more than marketting gimmicks.

Win2K will run just as well.

Ta muchly, I thought that might be the case.




AMD roolz, don't argue.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by SomeGuy


Eh? Where did you hear that? They're named XP purely to cash in on the Windows XP buying rush, that's all.
There are supposedly some tweaks AMD included so they can say things like 'optimised for Windows XP' but they're nothing more than marketting gimmicks.

Win2K will run just as well.

Both Intel and AMD claim this little gem...kind of funny really

 

[old.Kez]

37 AMD to 12 Intel. You utter paupers.

 

[Skyler]

Not exactly paupers, my athlon cost 340 quid.

 

[Embattle]

U paid that much

 

[Skyler]

Yeah, when the Athlon was first out in Autumn of 99 I got my nice Athy 600

Which I still use now!

 

[old.Kez]

You're what salesmen term a mug.

 

[FuZor]

Thats what Intel thinks of its cutomers
Anyway less sarcasim.....

It reminds me of when my Business teacher said that the price of something is based not on actually what it costs to make. But what the market will bear! So if back when he bought his Athlon everyone was happy to spend £300 + on a fast CPU. Then thats what it cost

 

[Wij]

Well duh. Only Thick Marxists believe the Labour Theory of Value (look it up on the internet thickos !)