Top Tier Processors

Greg Hess · August 21st, 2002

Current Top Tier Chips...

Intel: 2.8B Pentium IV Northwood
2.4A Xeon

AMD: 2600+ Athlon XP Tbred (2.13 Ghz)
2200+ Athlon MP (1.8 Ghz)

These chips just recently came out, and I just wanted to let everyone know how obsolete their systems have become. Sigh. Damn you technology, damn you.

quizzy · August 21st, 2002

damn....

and I was about to buy a new system, and now I really dont know what to buy..

Greg Hess · August 21st, 2002

I'd say for dual systems, Dual Athlon MP's rule all, both in performance and in cost. This will change when the new xeons hit the market, but thats still at least 1-2 months away.

For a single proc system, the 2.8B P4 would beatup the 2600+ XP pretty badly if the app was using SSE2. The FSB increase as well as the shear megahertz difference removes the gap. (Its past the 500-600 megahertz boundry required for an intel chip to perform faster).

Of course you'll be paying a 300 USD premium on that 2.8B. (Its about 600 USD in price)

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Greg Hess Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: University of Maryland Age: 30 Posts: 1,012 Name: Greg Hess	Current Top Tier Chips... Intel: 2.8B Pentium IV Northwood 2.4A Xeon AMD: 2600+ Athlon XP Tbred (2.13 Ghz) 2200+ Athlon MP (1.8 Ghz) These chips just recently came out, and I just wanted to let everyone know how obsolete their systems have become. Sigh. Damn you technology, damn you.

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Greg Hess Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: University of Maryland Age: 30 Posts: 1,012 Name: Greg Hess	I'd say for dual systems, Dual Athlon MP's rule all, both in performance and in cost. This will change when the new xeons hit the market, but thats still at least 1-2 months away. For a single proc system, the 2.8B P4 would beatup the 2600+ XP pretty badly if the app was using SSE2. The FSB increase as well as the shear megahertz difference removes the gap. (Its past the 500-600 megahertz boundry required for an intel chip to perform faster). Of course you'll be paying a 300 USD premium on that 2.8B. (Its about 600 USD in price)

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