Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 17:58:20 02/19/03
Yes Matt many people here do exagerate their figures. If the Intel guy says Intel will produce a 20 GHz cpu next week then the AMD guy will tell you that he can still clock his 2600 to 20.1GHz....and vice versa. The truth is that they are both good processors. Is the AMD on par with the Xeon in quality or speed? No, it isn't. The 2.8 Xeon was tested alongside the AMD 2400MP and clearly out-scored it. The tests were performed by an independant company who had no reason to lie. Yes as far as speed goes they can both be clocked up. But people should try to bear in mind that the AMD and the Xeon are very different products designed for very different markets. The Zeon is primarily designed for workstation and server platforms where both speed ans stability are required. They are high end processors and are priced accordingly. The Athlon is designed more for use in PC's both single cpu (xp) and dual (Mp). It is a fast processor for the buck but was not designed to be overclocked to try to match a Xeon. If a 2 GHz cpu was stable at 3 GHz then, trust me, AMD would market it as a 3 GHz. The bottom line is simple: If you want performance and stability and you can afford to pay for it buy the Xeon. If you want performance but are on a limited budget buy the AMD. But_don't_ go out and buy a Yugo and then come back here and tell me that you are building it to catch the neighbors Ferrari. If the neighbors Ferrari bothers you that much then buy one too. If you can't afford one then be happy with the yugo. It will still get you where you are going. To me trying to compare Intel and AMD is like comparing apples and oranges. You are comparing a low end home and light business processor against a high end heavy duty cpu designed specifically for Workstation and server platforms. That is like comparing a Yugo to a Ferrari.
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