P4 vs. Amd

[hawkeye177]

I need facts on P4 1.7 or AmD 1.4. I need to know which one is better for gaming. Please only give me facts no opinions.
Price is not a issue ok.
Please respond quickly.

[zskillz]

go to www.firingsquad.com (http://www.firingsquad.com)

and go to
www.thetechzone.com (http://www.thetechzone.com)

look throught the articles, and you can find exactly what you're looking for

-Z

[hawkeye177]

That helps thanks

[Dputiger]

I would rate the Athlon better for gaming for three reasons:

1) Price: Athlon systems are cheaper than P4 systems. The money you save can be redirected towards a better video card (and in most games today, video card is the bottleneck, not processor).

2) Performance: The P4 WILL outperform the Athlon in certain, heavily optimized games. In a non-optimized game, however, the Athlon will beat the P4 hands down, even with a large difference in Mhz speed. On certain benchmarks, the 1.2 Ghz Athlon beats the 1.7 Ghz P4--despite the P4 running 41% faster in terms of Mhz.

3) Consistency Given #2 above, #3 is important. The Athlon gives consistently high performance, whether you are burning a CD, encoding an MPEG, or playing a game. The P4 does not.

The easiest way to see the comparison is like this:

The Athlon offers consistent VERY GOOD performance--the P4's performance jumps from 'Below Average' to 'Excellent.'

[sharder8]

Another one to check out.
www.pcworld.com/news/article/0%2Caid%2C51964%2C00.asp (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0%2Caid%2C51964%2C00.asp)

Harder

[eagle1]

If you don't care about money and everyday real work programs, go with the P4 (you can check reviews at: http://www.sharkyextreme.com )

If you want to save some pennies and get the best real world performance and extremely good gaming perfomance, go with AMD.!

[otheos]

don't forget the upgrade path. Current P4's will be obsolete by Q4 and today's compatible motherboards will be left with no upgrade options.

Also, new case/PS needed for the P4.

[otheos]

Double post.

[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 06-12-2001).]