CPU Question

[cantdrive55]

I dont know which I would rather do. I am thinking about getting either a dual CPU mobo and run twin AMD64 2800+ CPU's or run a intel P4 3.0GHz socket 775 mobo.

What do you guys think is better? I'm looking for a fast computer to do alot of online things but not too much gaming. Thanks for any advice!

[Overclocked Doc]

I would be looking into the latest generation of "dual core" CPU's from either Intel or AMD. Although at this point in time there aren't a lot of software and or programs that support (make full use of) they are wonderful for "Multi tasking". You can literally run one program (say video encoding) with one core and play games with the other. My next build (for me personally) will most likely be an Intel pentium "D" 930. This will give me comparible performance to what I currently run (P4 3.0E) but with "twin cores". I do game alot but also find the need to do other tasks at the same time. Prelimanary tests I have run using a Pentium "D" 805 lead me to believe that I will infact, be able to pay BF2 and encode video at the same time. The other cool thing (for me personally) is that they overclock extremely well.

[IneRtia dRaft]

dual cores are the hot stuff now in cpu choices. like what overclock said "multi-task" without any lag or issues. for me i can be burning files to dvd-blanks while playing cs, hl2 and etc. very great for multi-tasking users. like overclock said not many programs take advantage of the 64 bit dual core. yet there is the 64bit windows XP operating system which I DONT RECOMMEND. Just my opinion. I'm waiting for Windows Vista.

If this pc is used for work/office work and etc any intel dual cores would be a good choice (depending on your budget)

for me i use my pc for gaming and working. but i've been sticking with AMD for a while so it's kind of weird for me to switch.

[Overclocked Doc]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

You need hyperthreading Technology.
This allows for more mutitasking capability.
This appears to be your goal,right ?

Hyper threading doesn't even remotely come close to what running a "dual core" can offer.