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Subject: Re: Intel vs Amd price difference for dual cpu upgrade

Author: Kevin Strickland

Date: 08:23:42 02/18/02

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On February 18, 2002 at 01:18:27, Slater Wold wrote:

>On February 17, 2002 at 21:56:53, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>
>>prices will vary. I just used this one site to compare.
>>This package is    Motherboard, 2 processors, and power supply.
>>I am curious about this 4400 mhz Prestonia. should be strong kns.
>>I also saw where they are saying this 2200 mhz Prestonia will run in a quad
>>setup. I couldn't find a motherboard for 4 x intel prestonia 2.2 gig.
>>maybe mb will be released later.
>>8800 mhz quad, wonder what kns would be running Deep Junior7? maybe 3500 kns.
>>not sure.
>>
>>Intel Pentium 4 "Prestonia" Xeon 2.2 GHz Retail   2@ $825.00      $1,650.00
>>SuperMicro P4DC6+ i860 w/ 400W PSU (Socket-603)                   $925.00
>>Subtotal : $2575
>>
>>AMD Athlon MP 1.6 GHz (1900+) OEM 2@$325.00                    $650.00
>>Tyan S2460 Tiger MP AMD760MP (Socket-A)                        $238.00
>>Enermax 430W ATX 2.03 Power Supply with Adjustable Fan    $125.00
>>Subtotal : $1,013.00
>>
>>difference   $1562
>>kburcham
>
>Intel will learn one of these days, that MHZ means squat.  Performance/Price is
>king.  Who the hell is running that company?


Those are Xeon processors with a 2M cache. That is the reason for them being so
expensive. Slater was right when saying price/performance will beat Mhz any day
of the week. Intel needs to clue into that.

I have both an Intel machine and an Athlon machine. I do prefer the Intel
machine due to no heat warnings, and stability. I like the Athlon for the speed,
but that is about it.



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