Intel Pentium M vs. AMD A64 Venice

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Telling me PD sucks is BS. It might lose to a 4200+ or 4400+ but so? Your limit is not speed. It's price. Thus the PD rules. I would smack anyone for buying P4 single core, but I have to acknowledge PD is the better choice for dual core.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Telling me PD sucks is BS. It might lose to a 4200+ or 4400+ but so? Your limit is not speed. It's price. Thus the PD rules. I would smack anyone for buying P4 single core, but I have to acknowledge PD is the better choice for dual core.

Then why arnt you using a 1800Mhz Duron? It's 44 bucks. Are you telling me pentium D is 600% faster in anything to justify it's 600% price premium? Are you willing to settle for three years old performance in single threaded apps with a 820? Because a 2.6 Northwood beats a 2.8 prescott inside 820. How about the processor not really running advertised speed sometimes? Otherwise known as throttling.

I won't even get into total system price, but you'd be surprised how close they are.. PD's "savings" is eaten away when building an entire system with more costly componets required for it. Not to mention it uses $100 more power a year if on 24/7.

PD's do suck. Pentium D demand weaker than expected dispite cheap price while x2's are commanding a gouged prices and you can hardy find them in stock. PD for $270? pfft. I'd rather have that duron and $230 in my back pocket.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
the amd64 venice uses 89w peak only i believe.

Actually, the Venice uses 30w peak...remember that the TDP isn't actual power usage.

 

[andlcs]

Thank You for all replies.

I was going to buy the Pentium Dothan but now I think I changed my mind.

The problem is I'll have to buy new video card (PCIe), new PSU, and new memory to benchmark good.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: andlcs
Thank You for all replies.

I was going to buy the Pentium Dothan but now I think I changed my mind.

The problem is I'll have to buy new video card (PCIe), new PSU, and new memory to benchmark good.

Definately a good choice. The P-M isn't ready for the desktop, except for hobbyists...and even then...

 

[fatty4ksu]

Clock for clock, the Pentium-M takes the Amd 64 behind the woodshed, and spanks it hard.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

ur annoyin, fattyloser, and ur lucky that some users still take ur posts for serious. sad nub And send ur P-m into the 64bit arena and we will see whos getting pounded.

btw, anybody knows about serious Turion Power Consumption Benchmarks? Cant find any trustworthy benchi on that topic...

 

[fatty4ksu]

JMO.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

was auch immer...peinlicher verlierer.

 

[carlosd]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Telling me PD sucks is BS. It might lose to a 4200+ or 4400+ but so? Your limit is not speed. It's price. Thus the PD rules. I would smack anyone for buying P4 single core, but I have to acknowledge PD is the better choice for dual core.

Pentium D is a total piece of crap. If you can't buy a Athlon X2, then don't waste your money in a slow single thread and HOT CPU, you coud wait to buy decent dual core CPU from AMD when they get cheaper in the future and invest your money well. Also remember the stability issues showed in THG tests by the intel dual core computer.

 

[carlosd]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Clock for clock, the Pentium-M takes the Amd 64 behind the woodshed, and spanks it hard.

I don't think so, the PM has very weak performance in some critical desktop areas. Overall the A64 is still better clock for clock.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
JMO.

Your opinion is wrong

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Telling me PD sucks is BS. It might lose to a 4200+ or 4400+ but so? Your limit is not speed. It's price. Thus the PD rules. I would smack anyone for buying P4 single core, but I have to acknowledge PD is the better choice for dual core.

Then why arnt you using a 1800Mhz Duron? It's 44 bucks. Are you telling me pentium D is 600% faster in anything to justify it's 600% price premium? Are you willing to settle for three years old performance in single threaded apps with a 820? Because a 2.6 Northwood beats a 2.8 prescott inside 820. How about the processor not really running advertised speed sometimes? Otherwise known as throttling.

I won't even get into total system price, but you'd be surprised how close they are.. PD's "savings" is eaten away when building an entire system with more costly componets required for it. Not to mention it uses $100 more power a year if on 24/7.

PD's do suck. Pentium D demand weaker than expected dispite cheap price while x2's are commanding a gouged prices and you can hardy find them in stock. PD for $270? pfft. I'd rather have that duron and $230 in my back pocket.

X-2s are commanding good prices because the chips are massive... yeilds are low and AMD doesnt have the fab capacity to crank them out.

Intel is also having yield trouble with P-D but has the capacity to keep them coming.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Clock for clock, the Pentium-M takes the Amd 64 behind the woodshed, and spanks it hard.

That bull, pentium m is better only in superpi 1m and s@h as far as i can tell. Take your garbage elsewhere.