i'm planning on building a new computer shortly and was looking at different processors. At first i was thinking about the amd athlon 64 x2, but a friend of mine said that the i should go with the core 2 duo. which is better and why? i'm not sure which i should go for.
fang755 0 Newbie Poster
WebDave -3 Junior Poster
What do you plan to do with the computer is more important. Is it going to be a gaming PC, or will be used for design & development.
Intel's Core 2 Duo is far more better than AMD's high-end Athlo.
fang755 0 Newbie Poster
i plan on using it mostly for gaming. i will be doing some school work on it as well.
Suspishio 32 Posting Virtuoso Team Colleague
WebDave has it right. Core2Duo is far better for gaming.
Certain AMD levels are better at internal memory access than Intel, but the benchmarks consistently favour Intel IMHO.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
I have a core2, a P4HT and an AMDX2
In my experience the P4HT is margibnally better for some things than the AMDX2 but for others the AMDX2 beats it by a large margin
In terms of Core2 vs X2 i would say the Core2 is the best. For everything ive thrown at it the Core2 wins.
h053d 0 Newbie Poster
Any thoughts on the AMD Athlon™ II 630 Quad-Core Processor...? I am trying to get a cheap machine that will record multitrack audio with a minimum amount of lag... Should also be able to handle video editing. And no, this machine will NEVER connect to the Virusweb (aka the Internet)...!
Be a part of the DaniWeb community
We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.