nForce2 I have heard a bit recently about nForce2. One for a motherboard, one for the nVidian card and one about how it is designed for the AMD processor. I don't know very much about computers and would appreciate some help. What is the best board to buy - the best chip - and is 2.8 AMD fast enough or should I wait until I can afford the 3.0 GHz?
Or even better, get a 3.6 P4, rather than AMD. AMD means one thing: value. Get intel for a good proccessor, thats faster and that will last longer.
True but it lasts longer, I recall hearing about at test, that they tested an AMD processor and an Intel processor. They found out that the Intel processor used less heat (it wasn't that hot as AMD), and that it was more durable, and could last longer. The AMD processor was scalding hot, and it got slower as time went by. So you are right in a way, but AMD is basically cheap, and is for people who want to save some money. But if you have the money get Intel.
If I'm not mistaken, what they did was didn't put a heatsink on either of them and watched it as it fried...however WHO WOULD EVER BE STUPID ENOUGH NOT TO PUT A HEATSINK ON A CPU!!!
that's fine with you...... I still like my AMD You can go ahead and enjoy your hundred dollar CPU when I can get a CPU, more Memory, and a dozen other gizmos and gadgets for the same price
Josh: What is the AMD-64? Is it the one that 'does' (accepts?) 400 MHz FSB instead of the present 333 MHz? It looks to me as though it will cost me around 700 to buy a new motherboard, a new graphics chip and a new CPU, but that is not for a 3.0 GHz. The only trouble is that that will be obsolete within 12 months. Mind you, so will I.
AMD-64 is just short for saying a 64bit processor of AMD. It is also called Opteron Let me explain in a bit more detail: Current processors operate at 32bits. So that means it can process 32bits of information. With the new processor, it can do double the information. What makes AMD so special is that it includes backwards compatiblity with older 32 bit applications. Intel does not. So that makes people wanting the AMD since they can run their older apps and not invest a whole lot of money right away into brand new 64 bit applications. Intel = screwed right now.
I saw Opteron on the web earlier today for the very first time and had no idea what it meant. Thank you for telling me. The only trouble with watiing for the next technology is that that technology is dear when it first comes out, although the older technology is a bit cheaper. My principal trouble is that I don't understand what they are talking about when they go very technical on motherboards, etc, etc. The nForce2 really attracts me, and I understand that it has had the same effect on a lot of people. The mother board, the graphics card and the CPU all in harmony. It might be a bit like having a MacIntosh.
Your acting like a child over this Josh, this is my last anti-AMD post (in this topic). I'd just like everyone to know about new Intel P4 HT Tech Processors: Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology Intel Pentium 4 processors with Hyper-Threading Technology are fast and efficient. Hyper-Threading technology allows these blazing fast processors to function more efficiently when running multiple tasks at the same time. This benefit is also highlighted when several CPU-intense applications are running simultaneously. Inside each Intel processor is an instruction queue of actions waiting to be completed. While one activity is being performed, Hyper-Threading uses idle processor sections to begin the next activity. This efficient use of processing power enables users to work with multiple applications more effectively, so more tasks can be done in less time. So once again, Intel blows those cardboard AMD processors to pieces. These processors are also 128 bit processors.
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ QuantiSpeed Architecture for enhanced performance -Nine-issue superpipelined, superscalar x86 processor microarchitecture designed for high performance -Multiple parallel x86 instruction decoders -Three out-of-order, superscalar, fully pipelined floating point execution units, which execute x87 (floating point), MMX and 3DNow! instructions -Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined integer units -Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined address calculation units -72-entry instruction control unit -Advanced hardware data prefetch -Exclusive and speculative Translation Look-aside Buffers -Advanced dynamic branch prediction
I am surprised at the knowledge. I went to look for a new CPU, motherboard and nVidia graphics card and I couldn't understand a word that they were talking about on the web. I didn't have my son-in-law with me who might well have understood, or my son who also probably would have done. I didn't. In the meantime my printer decided to give up the ghost so I shall have to have another printer instead of a computer. That is going to cost me about 400 (sterling) because I am wedded to A3 size, which is twice the size of the usual standard of A4. Never mind, when I can afford a new computer perhaps they will be a bit cheaper.
