which is faster Athlon or pentium 4?
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Athlon is faster than pentium.
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Okay always remember this: 64-bit Processors are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY better than a 32-bit processor becuase they have faster data transfer rate so I always recommend AMD processors with 64 in the title, I don't really care for Intel Processors. Even though this is a bit of topic, heres a question.... Which is better an Intel Pentium 4 with 1. ghz or an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, well the answer is the 1800+, even though the processor speed will be lower than the Intel Pentium but because of higher data transfer speed in AMD CPU's you notice higher speeds in AMD processors, so I recommend always go with the AMD.
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umm i had an Athlon 1 ghz proccessor and my pc took SDRAM\n\ni think it would be the same...since Duron is like the Pentium celeron to Athlon
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NO Xp Pro is probably the best os you can get currently but why are you changing to a Athlon? a intel pentium processor is better than a athlon but its your choice just a suggestion.\n\nHope i helped
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Depends on the athlon chip your talking about, But the latest are socket 939, the accept the latest Athlon xp, and Athlon X2 or dual core processors. These are the ones to get, unless your budget is big! in which case go for the Athlon FX60 this also uses 939 mainboards. AMD's website has a full rundown of all there boards and socket numbers at AMD.com
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AMD has the best processors these days. Go with an AMD FX or X2 processor. Many people prefer Intel because they are familiar with it and so they have brand loyalty, but the latest Intel models are really getting crushed by AMD for gaming. AMD may show a slower clock speed than the Intel chips, but they still end up faster for a number or reasons. First of all, the dual cores (in the X2's and even numbered FX's) talk directly to each other, but on the dual core Intels, the data has to leave the processor to go to the other core, I believe through the North Bridge, which slows it down comsiderably, and kind of defeats the purpose. Also, the new Athlon chips have a dedicated memory bus, which means that they communicate with the computer's RAM on one line and the rest of the computer on another, rather than having all communication jammed into a single bus, like with Intel. On a side note, as it doesn't deal with gaming but should still be noted, Athlon has adopted Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) which is a processor-level virus blocker. Intel has plans to use this in the future, but Athlon has it now.\nAlso, if you plan to build a good gaming rig, you should know that athlon and Nvidia fit together like a glove. Athlons also tend to run cooler than Intels as well as being more stable.\nIf you have plenty of cash, and are building a system, I'd recommend an ASUS A8N32-Deluxe Motherboard, and Athlon AMD FX-60 Processor, dual Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX's from BFG, and 4GB or Corsair memory. Then add a pair of 300GB SATA hard drives in RAID setup, a Thermaltake 735 water-cooling system with flow monitor and temp. indicator, a HardCano 13 fan controller and card reader, 2 lightscribe DVD+-R drives, a soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty, and (once it's available) an AGEIA PhysX physics processor card. Put all of this into a Thermaltake Armor or Kandalf with the optional side panel fan, and then add in the thermaltake cupholder and car cigarette-lighter-style plug just for the heck of it. (and if you're really loaded, buy me a matching set, as well) The slightly more budget model (although still not cheap) would be the same motherboard, an Athlon AMD 4200+ or 4400+, dual 7800 or 7900 GT's and 2GB or RAM, along with whatever accessories you could afford. \n\nTrust me, AMD is the way to go. I just did a lot of research to upgrade my system, and everything I found showed AMD kicking Intel's @$$.
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Currently the AMD CPUs give you better performance at a slower click speed as well as at a price point too.\nI've used AMD and Intel chips right from the type of my first 386. As I obeserved, the Intel Pentium I from the 90s were really good. They out performed my AMD K6 at the time... but eventually I found the K6-II and K6-III giving similar performace to an Intel Pentium 2 or 3.\nAnyway, that old news... check out the link below to see come comparisons.
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Pentium processors have had the best overall performance. However, the new AMD processors are faster than their Pentium counterparts in some tests. In general, you'll pay the most for an Intel processor, which means the AMD processors typically have a better price-performance ratio.\n\nSo conclusion go for AMD Athlon.
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The type of memory to use with a Pentium 4 CPU is DDR memory. It comes in various speeds, but you should be OK with a DDR333 speed (also called a PC2700). These are available in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB modules. You should be able to find 512MB for well under $100.00/ea.\n\nYour ASUS board should have at least 2 memory slots, so (2) 512MB modules would equal a full gigabyte of memory for under $200.00.
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Listen, the best of the best, while still getting a bang for your buck is an AMD Athlon Processor. Athlons are better than Pentiums for one good reason, FSB (Front Side Bus). FSB determines how much information can be sent at one time. The bigger the FSB the more data can be transformed at one time, and vice-versa. Even though Pentuims are faster, Athlons can process more data at one time, making them best for multi-tasking. Let me help you visualize. Imagine a waterfall. The water in the river that leads to the waterfall is represented as data. Now, River A is a skinny river but its moving fast. River B is a really really wide river, so it moves slower, but dumps more water at the end of the waterfall then River A. Since River A is so skinny, it easily gets clogged up. And Since River B is so fat, it rarely gets cloged up. So, River A not only doesnt send as much data as River B, but sometimes it can get clogged up in itself. River B , on the other hand, is a little slower but dumps way more water because its so fat, and usually never clogs up. In other words, Peniums usually come with a low FSB. Thus, they can only send and process a little bit of data at a time, Thats why they have to be fast, to make up for the low data transfer. This makes Pentiums good for doing one thing at a time. Athlons, are a little bit slower, but have WAY more FSB than Pentiums (Usually 2000MHz). This makes them extremely good at tackling many processes at once. Not only that, but they are usually cheaper. Just let me give you a little guide to buying a PC. \n\nThe 4 most important things to look at when buying a PC or labtop are:\n1) Processor speed\n2) FSB \n3) RAM\n4) Memory\n\nThe Processor Speed and the FSB must have a balance. If you get a slow Processor, than you need a lot of FSB. If you get a fast Processor, than you dont need that much FSB. (A fast processor runs over 3GHz. A slow one runs under 2GHz. A lot of FSB is around 2000MHz. A little FSB is under 1000MHz.)\n\nThe RAM is very important as it also increases your computers ability to compute and store many things whenever it needs it. Thats why its called Random Acess Memory. (A lot of RAM is over 512MB. A little RAM is under 512MB.)\n\nThe regular Memory (Hardrive) is sometimes used as RAM. This is called Virtual Memory. Which is why its also very important because it helps out the RAM. (A lot of Hardrive memory for a Laptop is over 80GB. A little Hardrive memory for a Laptop is under 60GB.)\n\nSo, really, there are 3 important factors. Processor speed, FSB, and RAM. But since the Hardrive is used to help RAM, its important to get a lot of it. (they are cheap anyways, you can get them about .25 cents a GB) \n\nI Hope this helps you pick out a good labtop.
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Pentium 4 is a much more sophisticated and modern system than a Celeron and according to your specs, which seem wrong, I would hazard a guess of 1.8Ghz though that could be because it is being overclocked from 1.5Ghz
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If you rate speed by Ghz then, yes, your brother's computer is faster by 200 mhz.  Note, however, that your Athlon64 has more cache and faster bus speed which should translate in running programs faster.
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P4's are always faster than Celerons, even if they are stuck with a 133 (what Intel calls a 533, which it isn't) FSB.  I would recommend you buy the fastest socket 478 P4 that has a 133 FSB, which is quite a fast processor, actually: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=121 \nIt's not a cheap one, but it's fast, overclockable, and is the only 133 FSB P4 with HyperThreading.  Here's the entire Socket 478 page at that same site: http://www.starmicro.net/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=28&WebID=c8f49aa1-ed21-471c-9699-530e75f98fa6 They are reputable, and have pretty good prices, along with ALOT of P4's & Celerons.
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Both Intel and AMD have their plus points. Intel was the pioneer and so has the largest mind share.\n\nAMD has some pioneering work too to its credit. AMD came up with the 64 bit processor earlier than the INTEL range. The range that you have as the popular ones is PENTIUM in the Intel series and the Athlons in AMD. Pentium continues to be the 32 bit processor but Athlons have 64 bit processors.\n\nCost wise AMD has less price while Intel commands a premium. Don't be swayed by the numbers like 3400. You need to read fine prints of each process to know of it.\n\nHowever the 64 bit component of AMD is not very much to use right now as we are still in the 32 bit OS in the normal segment of desktops.\n\nGraphically they both lead into their own forte but AMD scores there due to its 64 bit.\n\nSo as someone said.... its dependent on your budget, your application and then future roadmap\n\nHappy selecting your processor
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Speaking from architectural point of view Pentium III and Pentium 4 are entirely different creatures.  Pentium III core is based on the Pentium Pro core that was introduced many years ago.  Pentium III is the evolution of that core with added features like SSE and etc.\n\nPentium 4 however was a completely different core based on the NetBurst architecture.  The architecture was designed to assist higher clock speed through its longer stages of execution.  It's perfect for multimedia applications that are repetitive and require a lot of data to be pushed out in a repetitive manner.  The downside to this is that, it is less efficient than Pentium III processors because of the length of the stages Pentium 4 does less work per clock than Pentium III.  So a Pentium 4 at 2.8 Ghz may only be able to perform at the level of a Pentium III at 2.0 Ghz.\n\nIn an interesting move by Intel, the latest cores, Core2 based, are a return to the Pentium III philosophy of doing more per clock and complete abandonment of Pentium 4 core.  Core Duo and the Core Technology based on the Pentium M core developed by Intel's Israel Research center brought the focus back to efficiency in thermal heat and also instruction per clock back into vogue.\n\nPentium 4 is on its way out.  Now the chic thing to do is package multiple processor cores in 1 die and have multicore processors.  (It offers absolutely no performance advantage if the software is not able to use the additional cores.)\n\nFor multimedia, Pentium 4 is an impressive platform.  For general usage, Pentium III provides a better balance of performance.  In either case, they are both on their way out.
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Guys.. there is nothing like best... it all depends upon 'your objective' ie your requirements decide the best. Intel offers CPUs in two brands - pentium and celeron. if you've more money, then you could go for pentium. celeron is low-cost processor and it does effective than pentium. Another one is AMD's Athlon its all so cheap and faster. My opinion falls on Athlon.
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A pentium 4 is a single core single threaded processor. This is the normal kind of processors we have been seeing for a while now. \nA Dual core actually contains two (nearly) independent processors in a die i.e. it is as good having two processors on one chip. These chips typically have a lower frequency rating. But they are designed to provide higher throughput. \nHT stands for Hyper Threaded. In technical jargon called Multi-threaded, this processor gives a notion of two processors even the most of the individual components of the processor are shared. (The Functional Units are shared. My understanding is that Pentium 4HT implements coarse grained multi-threading, so the pipeline is the same but the register file will be duplicated.)\n\nWhich one is better depends on the kind of application you are looking at.