Intel vs. AMD

Lol well indeed, but it's not quite the same for me as a gamer. Don't much fancy splashing out on a gaming laptop, especially when they're not as upgradable.

 

BigDK

Excellent invention and I think everyone should have one. But for users who want more speed and power at a reasonable cost, the desktops are a better solution. You have those like Sammorriss off to the university, who want the performance of a larger PC. He's not moving everyday, but more than most of us (a few times a year). I wish I had your moving problems. I've not moved to liquid cooling yet.

What this has to do with AMD vs Intel I'll never know.

 

Theonejrs
A Mini radiator might work good for PC cooling, but I don't have one, nor do I ever plan on owning one. They're too small for my taste. If I was given one, it would be on the auction block immediately. I'd use the money to buy a good C2D to whip up on the AMDs. LOL Finally worked back toward the thread topic. If AMD would unleash their new secret weapon, I might buy one of those to whip up on Intels. LOL I'm a equal opportunity offender. LOL

 

the hsf fittings on the amd would of failed alot quicker with its 2 mounting holes whereas the intels 4 can do almost twice the distance in the back of a transit.

sorry

 

That my AMD heatsink didn't fall off, and my Intel one did? Suppose that's more Arctic vs Zalman though.

 

I'd just think design flaw. I liked the earlier Zalman design that screwed down. If you noticed, the 9700 uses a latch type design that has a clip. It works good, but I wouldn't want to be transporting it very much, both the clip and weight. The aluminum Zalman you had was a different design and lighter and more sturdy for a system needing to be moved around. Being more a mid level model, it doesn't have the extra cooling of one of the bigger units, but it does a good job.

 

I should say so, I've never seen the X2 get to 50C, and that's a hot CPU too.

 

PackMan77,

I was sure you didn't! I was just funnin with BigDK! LOL!!!

theone

 

And I was just funnin with you and saw a chance to poke fun at being OT so much.

 

PackMan777,
Guilty, as charged!

Russ

 

Theonejrs
I'm not trying to charge anyone. It's not my place. We've all been guilty of the same. It's just rare to find this thread on topic anymore. I blame that on AMD for not giving us more and better toys. There needs to be some vs for AMD vs Intel to exist. LOL

 

I got my 640!!!! Yay!

It's already noticeably faster than my 541 but about the same as my 2.8 Northwood(salutes the Northwood.)

3.6 stable. 3.92 max before overheat.

EDIT:

And I have to again commend theonejrs on for recommendation on the Gigabyte board. It has taken all the changes SOOO well!

 

How good would this Computer be performance wise:

3.4ghz Intel Pentium D
2048mb DDR2
Geforce FX5500 256mb AGP 8x
300gb S-ATA
would it be able to run more modern games? Like Flight Simulator X?
and the FX5500 is a crap card whats a card i could get under 200au which is better then the FX5500?,

 

GT-7600 would be a good choice

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130075

 

couple of the best cards for the money now is a nvidia 7600GS for around $75 US and a 7600GT. can be had for around $100 US.

aabbccdd,

you had 7600GT fisrt instead of 7600GS and you were right.

 

Is it AGP?
And how much better is it then a FX5500 256mb?

 

Great minds think alike Mort LOL!!

 

i meant 7600GT so you were the one with the great mind although even a 7600GS is substantially better than a FX5500.

AGP's will be more money and not as fast.

 

With a 7800GT would I be able to play games like Flight Simulator X and Oblivion on High quality?

 

i edited it because i didn;t see the GT at newegg lol

should play them fine