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Prime · 03-08-2004

The AMD 64 3200 which is there new card gets better benchmarks than the pentium 4 3.2 extreme which costs almost $1000 dollars. But I wasnt even talking about that prossesor.

You can get a AMD Athlon 2500+ which may only run at only 2.1 ghz gets better benchmarks and runs faster than a pentium 2.8 ghz. You can get a AMD Athlon 2500+ WITH A MOTHERBOARD for $100. I recently orded an AMD athlon XP 2800 and motherboard for $140. I saw a 2200 for $75 with a mobo. Which is decent.
The "2500" is the way AMD rates it which comes from bunch of different marks. Intel goes by just ghz.

AMD's get way better gaming benchmarks along with other things for MUCH cheaper price.

EDIT: Oh and Athlons have a 333 bus on the Athlons vs intels 800. But a FSB is in use like 5% of the time and is usually never fully in use.

03-08-2004	#28
Prime Mad Hatter Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,464	The AMD 64 3200 which is there new card gets better benchmarks than the pentium 4 3.2 extreme which costs almost $1000 dollars. But I wasnt even talking about that prossesor. You can get a AMD Athlon 2500+ which may only run at only 2.1 ghz gets better benchmarks and runs faster than a pentium 2.8 ghz. You can get a AMD Athlon 2500+ WITH A MOTHERBOARD for $100. I recently orded an AMD athlon XP 2800 and motherboard for $140. I saw a 2200 for $75 with a mobo. Which is decent. The "2500" is the way AMD rates it which comes from bunch of different marks. Intel goes by just ghz. AMD's get way better gaming benchmarks along with other things for MUCH cheaper price. EDIT: Oh and Athlons have a 333 bus on the Athlons vs intels 800. But a FSB is in use like 5% of the time and is usually never fully in use. __________________ \"Computer games don\'t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we\'d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.\" -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989