Athlon 64 FX vs Pentium 4 Extreme Edition

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:00 am

Anybody have any thoughts on these two processors? It looks like the Pentium CPU outperforms the Athlon - but only slightly. Is there any advantage to going 64 bit at this point? I have an opportunity to upgrade my Window box and I want to get the most bang for the buck. Iâ€™m not a serious gamer, but I do allot of encoding/rendering.

I know there are other sites this would be better suited to discuss this but I'm kinda hoping for a change in current topics.... 8O

griz · Post by **griz** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:42 am

I'm waiting for dual core (and dual socket for a total of 4 cores from 2 sockets!

) CPUs and dual PCI Express GPUs. Longhorn (next version of Windows) will support 64 bits so I think it would be an advantage to have a 64 bit processor. Imagine the power of a system like this (with appropriate software to show it off) - coming soon to a desktop near you!

If you can't wait that long, I'd go with an Athlon 64 so you're ready for 64 bit Longhorn and the future 64 bit software. AMD will have dual core CPUs sooner than Intel, so you'll have that as an option in 2005.

Dreglor · Post by **Dreglor** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:57 am

wait for the x1000 duals and you sir have a super gaming rig

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:05 pm

griz, you'll be waiting several more years on that you know

LarsG · Post by **LarsG** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:22 pm

did I mention I ordered an iMac G5 just the other day?? hehe

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 4:19 pm

LarsG wrote:did I mention I ordered an iMac G5 just the other day?? hehe

In the infamous wisdom of Ali-G; "Respect!"

How cool is Garage Band? I hear its awesome.

(it's ok to hijack a thread if you started it right?)

griz · Post by **griz** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:25 pm

griz, you'll be waiting several more years on that you know

I want it now!

But seriously, I think dual core and dual gpu will be a reality in 2005.

Nvidia has their SLI and there are rumours about ATI going dual core instead of dual cards. Perhaps ATI will offer dual core on a single card, and then let you run 2 cards via PCI express!

So this is what I want in 2006 :

- dual sockets (2 cpus) with dual cores (=4 cpus)
- dual graphics cards with dual gpu cores (=4 gpus)
- btx case and motherboard
- totally silent (water cooled?)
- 1 TB of hard drive space
- 64 bit processors w/Longhorn

LarsG · Post by **LarsG** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:44 pm

Beach wrote:
LarsG wrote:did I mention I ordered an iMac G5 just the other day?? hehe
In the infamous wisdom of Ali-G; "Respect!"

How cool is Garage Band? I hear its awesome.

(it's ok to hijack a thread if you started it right?)

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten it yet.. it's 2-3 weeks delivery time..

so I guess I'll see how it is when I get it.. :p

I'm currently in the process of redoing the other livingroom in my appartment.. it's gonna be my "techy-boys-room" / guestroom..

I'm gonna have my PCs and the iMac there.. and also I've got my electric guitar connected to a v-amp2, which is going to be hooked up to the Mac..
and also.. there's going to be a tv, my x-box, and perhaps a little refridgerator to keep some cold ones in short distance...
It's going to be great.. I'm like a little boy on x-mas at the moment.. just waiting to get it set up properly..

LarsG · Post by **LarsG** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:14 pm

I just wanted to let you guys know that I have recieved my iMac G5 now.. itÂ´s a sweet machine..
now, if youÂ´ll excuse me, IÂ´ll go play some more!!!