Im getting a really super good deal on a Pentium D, an accompaning intel mobo, win xp pro, and photoshop elements bundled up for alittle more than 200, do you think i should use them in a gaming rig or sell the things off on like ebay and go for an AMD setup? I know that AMD processors are better for gaming b/c i currently have a AMD setup that i use for gaming but i also know that this intel deal is too good to pass up...
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Anonymous2005-10-30 10:13
This Intel deal is too good to pass up.
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Anonymous2005-10-30 12:27
Ebay. Not only are the AMD dual cores better for gaming, they're also better for being dual core. Seriously. The Pentium Ds fail pretty hard.
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Anonymous2005-10-30 13:18
Photoshop Elements is also not really worth installing. I'd also say you'd be better of with an Xbox 360 but that's just me.
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Anonymous2005-10-30 15:55
I vote with >>3. The AMD dual-core offerings were designed and architected to be dualcore from the ground up. The Intel offerings were slapped together in an "OMG! We have to compete with AMD featureset!" kind of mode.
At least, that's what my friend at Intel who worked on the P4 tells me.
So yeah, AMD chips are cheaper and technically superior. Sounds like a deal to me.
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Anonymous2005-10-31 13:24
IMHO the current Intel dual cores are not their best product. Don't get me wrong, there are some nice Intel chips and I'm still running that 2.4c single core Northwood overclocked more than 20% on stock cooling. I think that generally, though, the good intel chips seem to be more flukes than intentional products. So far some of their highest performing chips have been bargain-bin items like that 1.2 Celeron ad this Northwood that can just OC like monsters due to some freak design flaw.
If I were building a new gaming rig, barring another freak Intel processor I'd almost definitely go with an AMD.