P4 vs. AMD Dual core

[Pentium4]

Re: P4 vs. AMD Dual core

Even the slowest dual core Athlon will flat out smoke the fastest socket 478 P4 any day if for no other reason than it has two physical cores.

Also the AM2 platform uses DDR2 ram (cheaper and faster than DDR) and has a PCIe (means you can slap a fast new graphics card on a 5 year old system).

Socket 478 is a dead platform IMO.

Dead as in main computer yeah, but I have two 478 systems I use daily One for a HTPC and one for my Linux router. They're perfect for those small jobs and I got them for free so why not

[ratdude747]

Re: P4 vs. AMD Dual core

Dead as in main computer yeah, but I have two 478 systems I use daily One for a HTPC and one for my Linux router. They're perfect for those small jobs and I got them for free so why not

i have 2 478s in service

one is my mom's, the other is a basement box.

[shovenose]

Re: P4 vs. AMD Dual core

Not that it matters, but I have 2 P4s in service - 1 LGA775 and 1 S478

[Pentium4]

Re: P4 vs. AMD Dual core

i have 2 478s in service

one is my mom's, the other is a basement box.

Sweet, keep em in use if they get the job done

Not that it matters, but I have 2 P4s in service - 1 LGA775 and 1 S478

Awesome, what are they doing?

[shovenose]

Re: P4 vs. AMD Dual core

the LGA775 is in my new Cooler Master 430 Elite case; it's almost never used, lol. The other, a P4HT 2.8, in a Dell Dimension 4600 case, is a Minecraft server for a friend and Uniprocessor Folding@Home