On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 16:42 -0800, Ezra Nugroho wrote: > > http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/index.html > > Eeeek! Not Tomshardware. In my experience, his views always seemed to follow how-ever advertises the most on this site. (Which is usually Intel) Entry level computing: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2395 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron-3400.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron-3000.html Mid level: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2353 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/pentiumd-820.html Performance level: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2429 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2456 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-fx57.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/28cpu-games.html Dual core & servers: Latest: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-1.html?tag=lnav Linux: http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2463 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2410 http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2397 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-3800.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/opteron-ws.html Let me start off by saying, I'm an AMD man. However, I've got enough experience with the P4/P4 Xeon (including the machine I'm typing this message on) to be considered objective. In the end, I'd say: Entry level: Rather even field. The Sempron64 is faster the Celleron D, but at least currently, the Celleron is a bit cheaper. Oh. AMD's 64bit performance is better. Mid level: AMD has (much) better performance; Intel has (at times) lower price. (See a pattern emerging?) Performance level: AMD. Period. Dual core: The Athlon64 x2 and the Opteron x6x/x7x/x8x are (much) faster then their P4D and XeonD counter-parts. If you want the best performance, go AMD, period. *However*, while much slower, the P4 820D which starts at around 240$ is a very interesting deal if you looking to go SMP for cheap. (The closest AMD, the 3800 X2 starts at around 320$) As I said, I'm an AMD user. However, if I had to get Intel, I'd get the 820D or go rock-bottom-cheap and get a Celleron. Gilboa
