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Manny · 02-02-2002, 08:15 AM

AMD Athlon XP 1.60GHz (1900+) 243.5 fps
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz 242.1 fps
Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz 226.6 fps

These are just some numbers from an Anandtech benchmark.

What does this tell you?
1) The P4 2.0GHz and Athlon 1.60GHz are almost exactly on the same level.
2) A P4 2.2GHz would be the fastest processor you can get.
3) The difference between these 3 is rather minimal (20 fps at most).

Very few pre-build systems come with athlon processors (alienware is the only one I can think of right now). The majority of gamer's don't know how to build their own system or think it's too risky. These people buy pre-build systems and are willing to pay more money for a system that will work perfectly for at least 2 years. If you buy a pre-build system, the price of the processor goes under in the river that is the rest of the machine. Often times, you get Pentium 4's cheaper than Athlons if you buy pre-build.

An athlon 1.6GHz would be much faster than a Pentium 4 1.6Ghz. But that's why there are 2.0 GHz Pentium 4's and only 1.6GHz Athlons. What makes these two processors even (performance wise) is the fact that Intel is able to rush into sky-high amounts of GHz, something Athlon can't do (or just won't, which would seem very stupid in my eyes).

My point is that there really isn't a better processor that is able to get more performance.

[This message has been edited by Manny (edited February 02, 2002).]

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Manny is Offline Senior Member Posts: 609 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: TheLandOfTheDead	02-02-2002, 08:15 AM AMD Athlon XP 1.60GHz (1900+) 243.5 fps Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz 242.1 fps Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz 226.6 fps These are just some numbers from an Anandtech benchmark. What does this tell you? 1) The P4 2.0GHz and Athlon 1.60GHz are almost exactly on the same level. 2) A P4 2.2GHz would be the fastest processor you can get. 3) The difference between these 3 is rather minimal (20 fps at most). Very few pre-build systems come with athlon processors (alienware is the only one I can think of right now). The majority of gamer's don't know how to build their own system or think it's too risky. These people buy pre-build systems and are willing to pay more money for a system that will work perfectly for at least 2 years. If you buy a pre-build system, the price of the processor goes under in the river that is the rest of the machine. Often times, you get Pentium 4's cheaper than Athlons if you buy pre-build. An athlon 1.6GHz would be much faster than a Pentium 4 1.6Ghz. But that's why there are 2.0 GHz Pentium 4's and only 1.6GHz Athlons. What makes these two processors even (performance wise) is the fact that Intel is able to rush into sky-high amounts of GHz, something Athlon can't do (or just won't, which would seem very stupid in my eyes). My point is that there really isn't a better processor that is able to get more performance. [This message has been edited by Manny (edited February 02, 2002).]