Pick Your Proc

[Lemur]

What sort of processor is humming inside your box? If you have more than one, the poll is open to multiple choices.

[Reenk Roink]

Intel for now, though it will be a tossup between Intel and AMD when I buy my new computer in hopefully a year. I'm sort of holding back on AMD because I'm not sure if it will be compatible with other software though...

[Viking]

Should be an Intel P4.

[Monarch]

Intel P4 3.0gz :)

[orangat]

Intel for now, though it will be a tossup between Intel and AMD when I buy my new computer in hopefully a year. I'm sort of holding back on AMD because I'm not sure if it will be compatible with other software though...

What you mean by compatibility? Has AMD cpu's ever had compatibility problems?

[Somebody Else]

Intel T2600 @ 2.16 Ghz

Just got hold of it today... haven't had a chance to put it through it's paces yet.

[doc_bean]

Intel 2.6Ghz (on my own PC) and Intel 2.4Ghz (on my dad's PC, which I'm currently using)

[Reenk Roink]

What you mean by compatibility? Has AMD cpu's ever had compatibility problems?

I don't know, maybe that's why I said I wasn't sure...

[Mikeus Caesar]

AMD Athlon64 +3200 running at 2.1GHz FTW!

Some school PC's have 3GHz P4's, they still run as slow as ****, mainly because that's the only good thing in them. Everything else is garbage.

See, it's not just the processor that counts, but the overly expensive stuff to go with it!

And because my Proc is 64 bit, i can use the 64 bit version of Windows!

Everything is so quick. Much better than Intel junk.

I wuv my AMD!

[Phatose]

I've got an older A64 3200+ sitting in a box right now. Used to hit 2.5. Nice proc.

Swapped it out for a nice dual core opteron 165. It hit's 2.5 too, so I got no complaints coming.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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A P4HT but probably for the last time. My next puter, whenever that comes to existence, will be an Athlon/+ one.
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[KukriKhan]

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40GHz, with space for a second one (currently unused).

I've had Athlon's before - and have no preference for one company over another. Dollars : performance ratio wins my loyalty. :)

[C-F]

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz overclocked by 10%= 3.52.

btw, anybody know, what the 'good' running temperature should be?

Mine is between 47C & 53C core and the case is at about 31C - is that acceptable or need I worry?

[Lemur]

Those temps sound fine to me. The proc might be a tiny bit hot, but it's nothing to get freaked about. I've got a massively OC'd Athlon, and it's running at about 47C. Totally stable at that temp. You'll know your box is too hot when you start getting spontaneous shutdowns.

[C-F]

Thanks

[lars573]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

[orangat]

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz overclocked by 10%= 3.52.
btw, anybody know, what the 'good' running temperature should be?
Mine is between 47C & 53C core and the case is at about 31C - is that acceptable or need I worry?

A max temp of 53 is more than alright provided the temp was taken at the point where the cpu was actually under heavy load (and not taken after stopping all apps and going into the bios - which is the wrong and worst way to do it).

AMD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

Actually it idles at 1Ghz if you enabled cnq. The normal speed IS 2Ghz.

[aw89]

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

[lars573]

Actually it idles at 1Ghz if you enabled cnq. The normal speed IS 2Ghz.

Maybe but the peak output is 3 GHz. AMD processors over clock themselfs as the load on them increases.

[orangat]

MD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

Maybe but the peak output is 3 GHz. AMD processors over clock themselfs as the load on them increases.

The 3200+ is a rating not the actual clock speed.
Depending upon the stepping, the minimum power state can be as low as 800Mhz and the highest 2.2Ghz but never higher.

[Mikeus Caesar]

the highest 2.2Ghz but never higher.

I can confirm that. Highest it's ever reached under high performance is 2.2Ghz. If i want any higher, i'm going to have to overclock, but i'm not doing that until my processor looks incredibly slow compared to most others.

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

Fancy processor!

[Seagrave]

PC is AMD 1400xp
laptop is pentium 3.2Ghz

[Lemur]

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

That's living large. If MTV does an episode of Pimp My Rig, they'll have nothing to do for you. You're already there, man. Already there.

[hoom]

I have a 2.2ghz A64 3200+

btw there are actually 3 variants of A64 3200+:
Socket 754 (single channel RAM) 1024k l2 @2ghz
Socket 754 (single channel RAM) 512k l2 @2.2ghz
Socket 939 (dual channel RAM) 512k l2 @2ghz

There are no compatibility issues with A64 processors.
If you run Win xp64 (which I do) there are compatibility problems between windows & some applications (old 16bit apps & 32bit drivers specifically don't work at all) but normal 32bit win xp has no issues with AMD that you wouldn't have with an Intel processor anyway.

Who has the Via?


(edited 756 to correct 754 B'oh)

[Uesugi Kenshin]

2.2 ghz Athlon 64 with a winchester core. I had it overclocked to 2.5 at one point, but I didn't upgrade my cooler so it stopped working during the summer and I had to switch back to 2.2. I just haven't gotten around to re-overclocking this winter....I suppose I could also get a new cooler to make it reliable.

[R'as al Ghul]

I'm running a puny AMD 1800 Ghz since about two years.
It's actually pretty good in comparison to the 750Mhz AMD I had before and
the diverse collection of Intels and AMD's (mostly because of price) I had
throughout the years.
I'm running WinXP and Suse on it. I combined it with a 128 Mb ATI card
and 1Gb of RAM.
Shogun and M:TW run perfectly.
Rome is slightly laggy but SP is very playable. The only thing that really
bothers me is video editing and conversion. It takes forever.

[Lemur]

My proc also began life as a low-clocked AMD XP. If memory serves, it was also somewhere around 1800 mhz or so. Stuck a better aircooler on it, cranked up the frequency until the machine started shutting down, backed off a bit, and hey presto! It's lived a happy life for the last three years at 2100 mhz. Hooray for better coolers.

[Mikeus Caesar]

I'm running a puny AMD 1800 Ghz since about two years.

Either that's a typo or you have been to the future....

[R'as al Ghul]

Either that's a typo or you have been to the future....

Didn't I mention I run Cray Mainframes like Batman?

Well, it should've been 1.8 Ghz of course.


1000th post

[Just A Girl]

Lol im on 2 thousand posts between this account and shambles.

Guess i talk a lot.

i have quite a few pc's
Somewhere around 20. from 333mhz to 2.8Ghz
"theres 5 in this room with me now"
But out of all those pc's i have 3 that i use.
2 pentium 4 prescots 2.8ghz
and
1 Amd 1333mhz

Personally.
I belive the 1333 Mhz, Runs more eficiently than the 2.8ghz. processors.
And as such. the amd runs any game servers i wish to run.
well Within reason
"doom 3, HL2 Excetera Get hosted on one of the 2.8ghz"