Wahat is the best microprocessor for computers right now?
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AMD for me. They keep the lowest prices for the productivity.
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Dual core processors are the latest technology. AMD has just released a 64 bit Dual-core chip for laptops. The advantages are many.
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I highly recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core processor if you are thinking of multitasking. Each core is based pretty much on the Venice core, and has 512 KB L2 cache. Each core runs at 2.0GHz, which is the same speed as the 90 nanometer process Athlon 64 3200+.\nFor about the same price, the best single core processor is the Athlon 64 4000+, with the San Diego core. It has 1MB of L2 cache. This is likely a better gaming processor than the X2 3800+, because it has has a 400MHz speed advantage in one thread. It also has a 1MB L2 cache.\nCurrently, all mainstream games are single threaded, meaning that they can't utilize the capabilities that dual core processors have. The dual core processor will perform very nicely in the environment of your operating system, but it won't have an advantage in gaming. Most people predict that multi-threaded PC games will become more common in the next few years, but there is a good chance they will do nicely on older single threaded systems at lower speeds.\nWhen it comes to games, your graphics card is far more important than the speed of your processor. Normal multitasking benefits most from the processor.\nOverall, I would recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
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THE INTEL DUO CORE IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN INTEL PENTUM M \n\nIT RUNS AT 667MHZ  FSB AND M RUNS AT MAX 400MHZ
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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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As regards future usefulness it is hard to beat Computing.\n\nBest of luck !
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Use intel Processor. Many Operating System full support this processor. You don't need doubt about the compatibility with many OS, like Linux and other Unix.
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Get the top of the line motherboard\nGet the fastest cpu\nThe fastest memory\nThe best video card\nThe best sound card\netc. etc
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Try going to http://www.digg.com  or http://www.tomshardware.com for latest info.  The latest thing I heard of is the Desktop Supercomputer, which is basically 8 blade servers mounted in a chassis together using multi-core Linux or Windows - 16 fast processors at once, you can't go wrong!
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http://www.tomshardware.com \n\ngood place for updates as well as benchmarks and other performance comparisons\n\nhttp://www.pctechguide.com/02Processors.htm\n\nfor learning general information.  I would start here.
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If you use your PC to multitask, then dual core is what you want. If you use your PC for "one thing" at a time, then you are better off with the P4.
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More directly.\n\nhttp://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html\n\nTo save you some time I would say Athlons are for the most part are a better CPU. It is a much more efficent and effective CPU with low energy consumption/heat dissipation, high preformance per watt ratings, nativley desined for dual core and 64bit capacities, hypertransport bus technology. The pentium 4 has been a dog from conception, and the netburst technology from which its based is on its way out. Its in fact intel thats playing catch up with athlon.
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Do you mean which processor gets the most work done per second/per minute/per hour, or which processor runs at the highest speed?  If you meant which processor gets the most work done, in the least amount of time, it's the AMD FX-60.  If you meant which processor runs at the highest Mhz, it's Intel's 3.8Ghz Pentium.\n\nAnd if you're talking about raw power, no matter how expensive, any of the newer RISC processors is much faster than either of the above processors.
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Well, there are three perspectives to your question, which are as follows :\n\n(1)A super computer\n(2)A desktop computer\n(3)Anything in a general sense that can compute.\n\nFor the third perspective, The fastest computer in the world is much faster than the desktop in front of you, and it is sitting right on top of your shoulders! The human brain is an amazing computing device and the fastest processor available right now. \n\nIn supercomputers, the BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution stationed at DOE/NNSA/LLNL at Livermore in California is ruling the world. It has, hold on your breath, 131072 processors,each processor with an individual performance of 2.8 GigaFlops (PowerPC 440 700 MHz). It has a main memory of 32768 GB and is 3 times more powerful in processing than its immediate competitor (Also by IBM). Surprisingly, its still in expansion phase. Blue Gene is an IBM Research project dedicated to exploring the frontiers in supercomputing: in computer architecture, in the software required to program and control massively parallel systems, and in the use of computation to advance our understanding of important biological processes such as protein folding.\n\nAs for the fastest desktop configuration, it keeps changing every now and then. An interesting fact to note, Intel had come up with 4GHz chip, but could not commercialize it because of the excessive heating which could damage the chip. Hope to see such a chip soon. As on 6th January 2006, Xi MTower 64 AGE-SLI is considered to be the fastest desktop Computer. Equipped with a 2.4-GHz Athlon 64 X2 4800+ CPU, 2GB of DDR400 SDRAM, a single EVGA E-GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card, and two 300GB hard drives striped in a RAID 0 array, The $3897 gaming and graphics system justifies its high price with lots of speed and excellent expandability. You can read a review on it the given sources.
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Pinnacle 10.\nIt's more stable but u need good RAM for it
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The one by Intel seemed nice. I presume its discontinued, so it should be a bargin these days.
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Have a look at this testing site with benchmarked components including graphics cards\nhttp://www.reportlabs.com/testbed/