i have a question, i have looked near and far without any luck.......hopefully
someone or anyone can help me with this problem or question that i have....

okay, i first would like to know is there any chart or way to see which one is
faster or better....(example) i am looking for and Intel P4 3.6 ghz cpu Or an AMD
64 cpu that is similar to the P4 3.6ghz chip.....i wish there was some sort of
chart comparing different chips from Intel and AMD

go to Tom's hardware guide they have extensive benchmark comparison test reports

There is. Do a google search on benchmarking and you will find many sites that compare the 2 processors.

If you are into gaming and grpahics then go with an AMD 64, becuase AMD 64's are better then Intel's 64's due to AMD's 64's HyperTransport technology.

If you are into multimedia and encoding then go with an Intel 64, because Intel 64's are better then AMD 64's in multimedia and encoding due to intel 64 larger cache size.

If AMD 64's had the same cache size as Intel 64's then AMD would end up out benchmarking Intel in almost everything, but of ocurse AMD 64 processors would be as much as Intel 64 processors.

Cobra_R

"Intel 64's"??

Have I missed something?

Zee.

AMD Athlon 2800+ barton @ 12.5 X 176 : 2200mhz
512Mb Corsair RAM
MSI KT6 Delta mobo
Leadtek AGP 6600 gt 128Mb
120Gb Seagate HDD

Yeah they got Intel Pentium 4 64's now.

Intel Pentium 4 EM64T 6xx series processors with 2mb cache.

Currently they run at 3ghz and up, but they are 100 dollars more at the same rated speeds as the AMD Athlon 939 64 series.

thanks for all the helpful info..........

Thanks Cobra_R,

I do remember hearing about the EMT64 pentium chips... apparently they perform the almost exactly same as regular P4 chips?

Thanks man!

Zee.

AMD Athlon 2800+ barton @ 12.5 X 176 : 2200mhz
512Mb Corsair RAM
MSI KT6 Delta mobo
Leadtek AGP 6600 gt 128Mb
120Gb Seagate HDD

Yeah they do when it comes to graphics and gaming, but Intel does better in multimedia and encoding, which has also been Intel's strong point vs AMD anyhow so I wasn't shocked to see that the new Intel Pentium 4 EM64T out benchmarked AMD Athlon 64 in those areas. Although I was a bit surpised at how the Intel Pentium 4 EM64T didn't fair that much better vs the Intel Pentium 4 32 bit processor in multimedia or encoding with the larger cache size. If the 2mb cache was mostly Intels selling point on these processors then many people will that bought be these chips for mostly that reason will be disapointed that the extra 1mb of cache didn't improve preformance all that much vs the Intel Pentium 4 32 bit processor with 1mb of cache.
disapointed

How does this config sound for a game hungry teenager?

Mother Board Biostart M7VIG
AMD Duron de 3.2 Ghz
RAM DDR 512
HD 120 Gb.
AGP Graphics Accel. 64 MB
CR-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-Writer
Satellite Tower
Satellite speakers
Mouse: Optic + Scroll
Diskette 3 1/2

No graphics card! If you want to run the latest games and run them well you should get something along the lines of a 6600GT from Nvidia (but then I would say that as I have one ;) )

As far as I konw there are NO durons anymore, and certainly none at 3.2 Ghz....!

Otherwise all the basics are there, infact your components are quite similar to mine (below)

Zee.

AMD Athlon 2800+ barton @ 12.5 X 176 : 2200mhz
512Mb Corsair RAM
MSI KT6 Delta mobo
Leadtek AGP 6600 gt 128Mb
120Gb Seagate HDD