Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 21:17:16 04/08/03
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On April 08, 2003 at 23:53:06, Charles Worthington wrote: >On April 08, 2003 at 23:41:44, Pavel Blokhine wrote: > >>I am looking to buy a new computer. I will be using it for many things, but >>mostly for computer video games and chess online. So what computer would be >>best? TheMicro Express MicroFlex 27A Powered by AMD's 2.17-GHz Athlon XP 2700+ >>processor and 512MB of DDR400 SDRAM, the MicroFlex 27A earned a blistering score >>of 130 on PC WorldBench 4 tests, for $2254 or a Dell Dimension 8250• 3.06-GHz >>Pentium 4 processor• 200GB hard drive• 18-inch LCD monitor• 128MB ATI Radeon >>9700 Pro graphics• 16X DVD-ROM drive, DVD+RW/+R drive at $3158? > > >If video games and chess are your main uses for the machine I would think the >AMD would be the better choice...especially for the money....I own a dimension >8250 and while it surely performs well it was hardly worth the additional cost >were i to only use it for chess. But in the end it really is just a question of >personal preference. If both companies offer comparable service and support then >its really a toss of the coin. >Charles P.S. The decision will also depend on what you plan for the machine in the future. If you want to upgrade to a faster cpu later on or overclock your current one then the AMD is the only option for you. Dell boards do not support overclocking and Intel is notorious for often changing the socket on their cpus. So you can pretty much rule out upgrading the Dell at all without some_major_expense. Speed wise you are not going to see a huge world of differece between the two machines. Assuming no overclocking you will get close to 1200 kNs running fritz 8 on either. The hyperthreading will give you a 10 to 12% boost with the intel running Deep Fritz 7 but the strength difference is negligible. Charles
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