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Steve
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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: AMD processors |
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Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
Clicked on Help Me Choose, no useful info for choosing among these
options. As a practical matter, what considerations should drive this
choice? And am I better off with Intel?
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Tom Simchak
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: AMD processors |
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And this opinion is based on .... ?
Personal experiences for which you have hard data? Published articles?
Tom S.
Houston, TX
Barry Watzman wrote:
| Quote: | At this time, all AMD CPUs are the wrong choices.
Steve wrote:
Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
Clicked on Help Me Choose, no useful info for choosing among these
options. As a practical matter, what considerations should drive this
choice? And am I better off with Intel?
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RnR
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: AMD processors |
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On Fri, 25 May 2007 08:20:34 -0800, Steve <pdg@wvn.inv> wrote:
| Quote: | Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
Clicked on Help Me Choose, no useful info for choosing among these
options. As a practical matter, what considerations should drive this
choice? And am I better off with Intel?
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Well if you have to rely on benchmarks, Intel is better bang for the
buck but realistically in most average uses, either is fine. That
said, my preference is for Intel only because they seem to be more of
the standard by which people compare to regardless of speed. |
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Tom Scales
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: RE: AMD processors |
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Pick a benchmark, any benchmark. Currently the Core 2 Duo offers
significantly more bang for the buck. They leapfrog each other, but for
now, Intel wins.
Check out the CPU page at www.tomshardware.com Core 2 Duo will win
every time, for the same or less cost.
| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
From: Tom Simchak [mailto:not.today@thankyou.org]
Posted At: Friday, May 25, 2007 2:17 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: AMD processors
Subject: Re: AMD processors
And this opinion is based on .... ?
Personal experiences for which you have hard data? Published
articles?
Tom S.
Houston, TX
Barry Watzman wrote:
At this time, all AMD CPUs are the wrong choices.
Steve wrote:
Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon
64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
Clicked on Help Me Choose, no useful info for choosing among these
options. As a practical matter, what considerations should drive
this
choice? And am I better off with Intel?
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JDa™©
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: AMD processors |
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Steve wrote:
| Quote: | Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
Clicked on Help Me Choose, no useful info for choosing among these
options. As a practical matter, what considerations should drive this
choice? And am I better off with Intel?
Great box, I like mine. The AMD 3800+ was the default when I ordered |
mine. When I ordered I upgraded to the 4400+, but Dell upgrade the
4400+ to the 4600+ instead for the same price as the 4400.
4400 runs at 2.3mhz, the 4600 runs at 2.4mHz. And Vista rates my
windows Experience Index base score at 4.2
More details about my computer
Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 5.0
4.2
Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.9
Graphics 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO 4.7
Gaming graphics 1019 MB Total available graphics memory 4.2
Primary hard disk 115GB Free (223GB Total) 5.8
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
System
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Manufacturer Dell Inc
Model Dimension E521
Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes
Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 309 GB
Disk partition (C 115 GB Free (223 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 5 GB Free (10 GB Total)
Media drive (E CD/DVD
Media drive (F CD/DVDCD/DVD
Disk partition (G 16 GB Free (76 GB Total)
Graphics
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Display adapter type 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO
Total available graphics memory 1019 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 763 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.31.100.0
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better
Network
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Network Adapter Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter |
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RnR
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:32 am Post subject: Re: AMD processors |
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On Sun, 27 May 2007 15:16:39 -0800, Steve <pdg@wvn.inv> wrote:
| Quote: | Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
Looking at the Dimension E521. Choice of 3 processors - AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual-Core 4400+ or 5000+ or 5600+
The Intel Core 2 Duo series of processors wipes the floor with every AMD
processor. They are faster, [MUCH] lower power and simply better. In
every way.
Ok, now I'm looking at the E520 with Intel Core 2 E6420 Duo Processor,
better way to go?
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