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Is an Atlon XP better than a P4?
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Vancouver,BC,Canada
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Hey all, I have to put together a PC box for some stuff I just can't get for the Mac (HDRShop to name one) I'm going to buy it this week, I have two systems picked out, a P4 system, and an Athlon system. Which chip would be better and why? I plan on running some high-end 2-D apps on the box as well, with a lot of RAM/HD space, I'm looking at an XP 2400 and a P4 2.4 GHz.
Thanks for your input.
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Cheers,
raferx
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Athlon. Killer.
I'm building abox also... A7N8X/MCP-T/SPP with an Athlon XP2100 (1.73GHz).
The P4 blows.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quite honestly, I think it is just personal preference at that speed range. The prices aren't too much out of line with each other.
Indeed, it's not so much the CPU, but just about everything else in the box. People tend to get all worried about the CPU, but IMO, it's the rest of the components that makes the machine, not the CPU.
A fast CPU with sh!tty parts makes for a sh!tty PC. A medium speed CPU with good parts makes for a more pleasant Windoze experience.
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Vancouver,BC,Canada
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Agreed. I plan using an MSI or Giabyte motherboard, 1.5 ~ 2 gigs of PC 2100 DDR RAM, GF440MX or Radeon, 80 gig HD, lots of cooling and a 100Mbit LAN card. I'd love an MP, but I'm not going to spend that much for a Windoze experience yet... 
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Cheers,
raferx
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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get the AMD... much much much better
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Winnipeg
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Buy from AMD they sold less of their soul to Satan... I mean microsoft...
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