I've been using AMD ever since the gigahertz race started. I think my
first was actually a 950mhz. Now I'm currently running a Athlong XP
3200 (333mhz FSB). As of today, there's nothing I've come across that
has "Slowed" me down.. Nothing a bit more memory couldn't fix. So I
dunno, I don't think there's a noticeable difference between the
fastest AMD and the fast Intel chip today, other than price of course.
I don't know too much about the newer processors, I'll be glad to see
what the others say here, but hey...Go AMD!
Video card? I've always been ATI. There's always a war going on between
ATI and NVidia not to mention the one between the users saying witch is
better. Just the mere fact that there are so many arguments between the
end users should tell you, there's no huge difference. You might notice
later on though.. some games favor different cards more than others and
also.. you could have the best system yet the game still lags at
certain points, why? Bad coding. Don't think that if you get the top of
the line you will be flawless.
I say go with what you can afford at the time of purchase. I currently
own an ATI x800 Pro, $395 from ebay..had it for about seven months.
Once again, nothing a memory upgrade couldn't handle. I would recommend
you to get at least 1.5gb of memory if you're a power user.
PS. Don't follow benchmarks on these sites too much, they sometimes
have hidden agendas if you know what I mean, they add in factors not
presented in the article.
I will just watch for now, might make a post later after other people
have already pitched in.
Tekmanx
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