Pentium-M put up against P4EE and A64FX

The Pentium-M seems to be unusually superb, even going up against the
ultimate gaming processors.

GamePC - Dothan Revisted : Focusing On Gaming Performance
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ngaming&page=1

Yousuf Khan

(ykhan) wrote:

>The Pentium-M seems to be unusually superb, even going up against the
>ultimate gaming processors.
>
>GamePC - Dothan Revisted : Focusing On Gaming Performance
>http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ngaming&page=1

Did I read that right, that the Pentium-M did so well, even though it
was only running a 64-bit-wide, DDR333 memory interface?

(ykhan) wrote :

> The Pentium-M seems to be unusually superb, even going up against the
> ultimate gaming processors.
>
> GamePC - Dothan Revisted : Focusing On Gaming Performance
> http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ngaming&page=1

and if you look at the banners you will see that gamePC sells gamer
systems based on P-M .. what a surprise


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"ykhan" <> wrote in message
news: om...

" The Pentium-M seems to be unusually superb, even going up against the
ultimate gaming processors. "


I priced up the three test systems they built for a comparison. Newegg
didn't have any Corsair 2-2-2 PC2700 DDR, so I put the equivalent PC3200
with it. They also didn't have any Corsair 4-4-4 PC4200 DDR2, so I put the
equivalent PC5400 with it.


- Intel Pentium M 755 2.0GHz http://snipurl.com/aumx $439.00
- Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPT http://snipurl.com/a5er $251.00
- Aopen i855GMEm-LFS http://snipurl.com/aumu $269.00
- Gigabyte Radeon X800 XT AGP http://snipurl.com/auoq $489.00
- Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA http://snipurl.com/auox $151.00
TOTAL: $1599.00


- AMD Athlon64 FX-55 2.6GHz http://snipurl.com/aun8 $849.00
- Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPT http://snipurl.com/a5er $251.00
- Asus A8V Deluxe http://snipurl.com/aumz $129.00
- Gigabyte Radeon X800 XT AGP http://snipurl.com/auoq $489.00
- Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA http://snipurl.com/auox $151.00
TOTAL: $1869.00


- Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE http://snipurl.com/aune $1019.00
- Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4 http://snipurl.com/auoe $355.00
- ASUS P5AD2 Premium http://snipurl.com/aun1 $261.00
- Sapphire Radeon X800 XT PCI-E http://snipurl.com/auos $599.00
- Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA http://snipurl.com/auox $151.00
TOTAL: $2385.00

RusH wrote:
> and if you look at the banners you will see that gamePC sells gamer
> systems based on P-M .. what a surprise

? just as they sell gamer systems based on any AMD or Intel CPU on the
market. gaming is just a common benchmark for non-server rigs.

"Cuzman" <> wrote :

> - AMD Athlon64 FX-55 2.6GHz http://snipurl.com/aun8 $849.00
> - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE http://snipurl.com/aune $1019.00

look at the tests
"Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz)" and "AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0 GHz)" are
just little behind the topscorers, and are significantly cheaper. Only
"I have loads of money and I'm an ignorant ass" peaple buy FX and EE
processors for gaming systems.


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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:28:11 +0000 (UTC), RusH <>
wrote:

>"Cuzman" <> wrote :
>
>> - AMD Athlon64 FX-55 2.6GHz http://snipurl.com/aun8 $849.00
>> - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE http://snipurl.com/aune $1019.00
>
>look at the tests
>"Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz)" and "AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0 GHz)" are
>just little behind the topscorers, and are significantly cheaper. Only
>"I have loads of money and I'm an ignorant ass" peaple buy FX and EE
>processors for gaming systems.
>
>
>Pozdrawiam.

Opteron 150 (essentially all the same as FX-55, but socket 940 instead
of 939) - $599 http://www.pricewatch.com/
Doesn't this make AMD system more price-competitive?

"" <> wrote :

> Opteron 150 (essentially all the same as FX-55, but socket 940
> instead of 939) - $599 http://www.pricewatch.com/
> Doesn't this make AMD system more price-competitive?

+ you can O/C AMD 3200 to 2450Hz easily (done that), dont know how O/C
friendly FXes are


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wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:28:11 +0000 (UTC), RusH <>
> wrote:
>
>
>>"Cuzman" <> wrote :
>>
>>
>>>- AMD Athlon64 FX-55 2.6GHz http://snipurl.com/aun8 $849.00
>>>- Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE http://snipurl.com/aune $1019.00
>>
>>look at the tests
>>"Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz)" and "AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0 GHz)" are
>>just little behind the topscorers, and are significantly cheaper. Only
>>"I have loads of money and I'm an ignorant ass" peaple buy FX and EE
>>processors for gaming systems.
>>
>>
>>Pozdrawiam.
>
>
> Opteron 150 (essentially all the same as FX-55,

Not quite. It is the same speed as the FX-53
and hence 200 MHz slower than the FX-55.

> but socket 940 instead
> of 939) - $599 http://www.pricewatch.com/
> Doesn't this make AMD system more price-competitive?

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:28:11 +0000 (UTC), RusH <>
wrote:

>"Cuzman" <> wrote :
>
>> - AMD Athlon64 FX-55 2.6GHz http://snipurl.com/aun8 $849.00
>> - Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE http://snipurl.com/aune $1019.00
>
>look at the tests
>"Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz)" and "AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0 GHz)" are
>just little behind the topscorers, and are significantly cheaper. Only
>"I have loads of money and I'm an ignorant ass" peaple buy FX and EE
>processors for gaming systems.
>

I would go for the 90nm version
of the Athlon64 3200+... $189ea (pricewatch)

As for a case & power supply.. start out with the quiet Antec Sonata..
http://www.antec-inc.com/pro_details...p?ProdID=15138

You'll save a lot money initially,
have plenty of future upgradeability,
reduce your re-occuring costs (power consumption),
and end up with a much quieter system.