i'm new at AMD.....so plz do advice me. Actually my friend wanna buy new pc. Shall he buy AMD 64 3000+....how fast is it? Means is it 3GHZ??? or shall i buy Intel 3.2GHZ ??? which would be better?? **is intel good b'coz of it higher FSB & L2 Cache??

AMD are performance rated: http://www.thedigerati.us/info/amdcpuchart.html Do not buy a Socket A Athlon/Sempron as they are virtually obsolete. CPU/Socket depends on what you wish to use PC for. Intel, well never bother with them.... DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER

isnt buying AMD 64 3000 like buying a P4 1.8GHZ?????... as compared to Intel 3.2ghz..its FSB L2 cache is LOW......only advantage..its 64-BIT..

An AMD 64 3000+ is equal to an Intell 3 gig processor even though it's really a 1.8 gig processor. Amd has great overclocking capabilities for gamers etc. Don't be fooled by numbers. They out perform Intell processors. When all is said and done More is said than done..

"isnt buying AMD 64 3000 like buying a P4 1.8GHZ?????..." NO! You can't fairly compare the two because they use different technologies. AMD realized that people are "stupid" & just shop by the numbers. If the A64 3000+ was rated at it's actual speed in GHz, people would see 1.8GHz vs a P4 at 3.0GHz & take the P4 everytime...that's why they went with the "performance rating" system. In reality, the A64 3000+ is every bit as fast as the P4 3.0GHz CPU, & because of the difference in technology, the A64 is better. The FSB issue can't be used for comparison either...the A64 has no FSB as we know it. The memory controller is built right into the CPU. I'm with rogerashley, I never bother with Intel...as far as I'm concerned, AMD is superior Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

Intel Drops Gigahertz Ratings from Microprocessor Names. In a move similar to Microsoft's decision to drop product-version numbers for year-based monikers such as Windows 95, Intel announced this week that it will drop raw speed measurements from its product names and move to a new model numbering system. The new system resembles the systems certain automakers use, Intel says. The idea is to make the company's chips more readily identifiable to average consumers, which has become increasingly difficult as Intel's microprocessor product lines have dramatically expanded in recent years. The change also formalizes a move away from the so-called "megahertz myth," which Intel started with the introduction of its Pentium M processors in late 2002. Pentium M processors run at raw clock speeds far below desktop processors such as the Pentium 4 processor, but they often outperform Pentium 4 chips. Although raw clock speed will no longer be included in Intel product names, the company will still market those figures, and we can expect PC makers to continue to do so as well. Rival chipmaker AMD was the first company to address the megahertz-myth problem by naming its products according to which Intel chip they compared to rather than by raw clock speed. So, for example, the AMD Athlon XP Processor Model 3200+ typically outpaces a 3.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor, despite the fact that the AMD chip runs at only 2.2GHz. AMD describes Intel's new scheme as "arbitrary," noting that AMD's own naming scheme is designed to be more open and obvious. Under Intel's new naming scheme, which is similar to automaker BMW's naming structure, Intel processors will fall into one of three series--300, 500, or 700. Within each series, a higher number will denote a wider range of features, so a hypothetical Intel 550 chip would be more powerful than a 530 chip. In the company's current range of desktop-oriented products, the entry-level Celeron will become part of the 300 series, the Pentium 4 will become part of the 500 series, and the Pentium 4 with HT Technology Extreme Edition will become part of the 700 series. Under the new scheme, a typical 3.2GHz Pentium 4 processor, now called the Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology 3.20 GHz, might be called Pentium 4 Processor 550 D or something similar. The D suffix denotes a desktop chip, and Intel says it will use the M suffix for mobile chips......('Nuff said) http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/42111/42111.html Do not type anything in this space.

but what shall i go for ......AMD 64 SOCKET 939 OR SOCKET 754??????.. 939 = 1.8GHZ & 754 = 2GHZ.... guide here too plz.