[mythtv-users] AMD or Intel?

[Frank smith]

All my Ahtlon proc's  have always outperformed Intel
by a large margin.
I was told that you needed an Intel for music on windows
but I have since found out this is not the case.
Stick with AMD they have to work harder and do.

Cheers
Bob












On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 17:44 +0000, Greg wrote:

> > 
> > When comparing, don't be biased by AMD's (deceptive, IMO) 
> > "model numbers". I.e. if you compare a 2.2GHz intel and a 
> > 2200+ AMD, you will be disappointed with the performance, 
> > since the AMD 2200+ is a 1.5GHz processor.
> 
> If I had an AMD cpu running at 2.2ghz and an Intel cpu at 2.2ghz I am fairly
> certain the AMD would wipe the floor with the Intel.
> Ghz speed has less to do with real world performance than you seem to
> think.... Or are you telling me a celeron 340d (2.93ghz) will perform better
> than an AMD64 3400+ (2.4ghz)?
> 
> > 
> > I've never used AMD because of this practice. It seems Intel 
> > is getting into this now with their part numbers, such as 
> > 520, 530, etc. The first digit being 5 implies they are 
> > faster than AMD's models which begin with 2 or 3.
> 
> Intel has finally realised that it can no longer sell cpu's based solely on
> the ghz speed. Eg mobile processors running at much slower clock speed are
> comparable in most applications to their faster desktop processors, with
> much less heat and power drawn.
> I'm not sure whether the last sentence was meant to be a joke or not??
> Centrino processors start with a 7 maybe they even faster :) (BTW the
> fastest centrino according to the intel site is 2.1ghz)
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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