Hi all…
I'm having trouble deciding which way to go… I need a new motherboard and I'll take a new cpu along with it (the current mobo is dead!!! the system was P-4 2.4Ghz 533Mhz on Matrox mobo with 1gig RAM GForce MX-440... i'll keep the memory chips for now)
The options are
AMD Athlon XP 2800 on an ABIT NF7-S mobo and GForce FX 5200 128mb DVI TV (this option comes with TITAN copper fan on the cpu... but i don't how good this is) – for 328$
Or
Intel P-4 3.0Ghz 1MB Presscot on an Intel Rocklake 865 Chipset and GForce FX 5200 128mb DVI TV – for 450$
I really don't know a thing about the AMD… I've had only Intel for many years, so the important question is how does this Athlon standup, or what is it's equal in the Intel CPU line?
I know now that I want a better graphics card, I have the 5200 on my second box (P-4 2.8Ghz no HT with 768mb RAM Gigabyte mobo) and things work slow on the viewport with many 3d softwares. How high should my aim be if my budget is around 500$ total for this upgrade.
MY MAIN DILEMA IS AMD vs INTEL… please help me with this one.
Many thanks
Bakbek.
I'm having trouble deciding which way to go… I need a new motherboard and I'll take a new cpu along with it (the current mobo is dead!!! the system was P-4 2.4Ghz 533Mhz on Matrox mobo with 1gig RAM GForce MX-440... i'll keep the memory chips for now)
The options are
AMD Athlon XP 2800 on an ABIT NF7-S mobo and GForce FX 5200 128mb DVI TV (this option comes with TITAN copper fan on the cpu... but i don't how good this is) – for 328$
Or
Intel P-4 3.0Ghz 1MB Presscot on an Intel Rocklake 865 Chipset and GForce FX 5200 128mb DVI TV – for 450$
I really don't know a thing about the AMD… I've had only Intel for many years, so the important question is how does this Athlon standup, or what is it's equal in the Intel CPU line?
I know now that I want a better graphics card, I have the 5200 on my second box (P-4 2.8Ghz no HT with 768mb RAM Gigabyte mobo) and things work slow on the viewport with many 3d softwares. How high should my aim be if my budget is around 500$ total for this upgrade.
MY MAIN DILEMA IS AMD vs INTEL… please help me with this one.
Many thanks
Bakbek.
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